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one-and-twenty

one-and-twenty numeral: synonym of twenty-one.

Numeral

one-and-twenty

  1. (archaic) Synonym of twenty-one.
    Synonyms:
    twenty-one

Synonyms of one-and-twenty

Questions about one-and-twenty

What does one-and-twenty mean?
One-and-twenty means synonym of twenty-one.
What part of speech is one-and-twenty?
One-and-twenty is a numeral.

Words near one-and-twenty in the dictionary

  1. one-and-a-half-spaced
  2. one-and-done
  3. one-and-dones
  4. one-and-one
  5. one-and-ones
  6. one-and-twenty
  7. one-arm bandit
  8. one-arm bandits
  9. one-arm joint
  10. one-arm joints
  11. one-arm lunchroom

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