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forty-eights

forty-eights is the plural of forty-eight.

Meaning of forty-eight

Noun

forty-eight (plural forty-eights)

  1. (US) A period of 48 hours' leave, i.e. two days.
    • They had their ten-day leaves and regular forty-eights from behind the nets of Bantry Bay and Scapa Flow […]1919, Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy

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Questions about forty-eights

What is forty-eights the plural of?
Forty-eights is the plural of forty-eight.

Words near forty-eights in the dictionary

  1. forty-eighter
  2. forty-eighters
  3. forty-eighth
  4. forty-eighths
  5. forty-eightmo
  6. forty-eights
  7. forty-eleven
  8. forty-fifth
  9. forty-fifths
  10. forty-first
  11. forty-firsts

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