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sixty-'leven

sixty-'leven is the alternative form of sixty-eleven.

Meaning of sixty-eleven

Adjective

sixty-eleven (not comparable)

  1. (US, dialectal, informal) Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
    • Regardless of the fact there are some "sixty-eleven" other creams on the market, this new cream out of the West is getting what appears to be a permanent and prominent place on the dealers' shelves through national advertising.1917 July, Sherley Hunter, “Novelty Puts Another Face Cream on the Map”, in Advertising & Selling, page 12
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of seventy-one.
    • Samyn yer, viz. ane M Vᶜ sexte lewn yeris the xxii. day of Februar, there com eftyr nown ane gret storym and snaw and hayll and wind that na man nor best micht tak up ther heddis nor gang nor ryd, and mony bestis war parcist furth in the storm, and mony men and vemen war parisht in syndry partis...a. 1580, James MacGregor, Chronicle of Fortingall, s.v. 1571
    Synonyms:
    seventy-one

Questions about sixty-'leven

What is sixty-'leven the alternative form of?
Sixty-'leven is the alternative form of sixty-eleven.

Words near sixty-'leven in the dictionary

  1. sixty one
  2. sixty seven
  3. sixty six
  4. sixty three
  5. sixty two
  6. sixty-'leven
  7. sixty-eight
  8. sixty-eighter
  9. sixty-eighters
  10. sixty-eighth
  11. sixty-eighths

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