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thirty-eleven

thirty-eleven adjective: very many; several dozen; quite a lot.

Adjective

thirty-eleven (not comparable)

  1. (US, dialectal, informal) Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.
    • "Comfortable!" fairly shrieked Sophrania. "Yes, comfortable to you because you don't have to climb those ladder-like stairs... nor have you done the distance from the kitchen to the front door thirty-eleven times a day..."1920 March 31, Lily Wandel, “Franklin Comes to the Rescue”, in Buffalo Evening Times, page 17
    • "Thirty-eleven... Papa, what comes after thirty eleven?"
      "There is no thirty-eleven," he said gruffly. "It goes thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one."
      "And then what?"1994, Megan Chance, chapter 7, in After the Frost

Synonyms of thirty-eleven

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Forms of thirty-eleven

alternative formthirty-leven
alternative formthirty-'leven

Origin of thirty-eleven

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the thirties.

Questions about thirty-eleven

What does thirty-eleven mean?
Thirty-eleven means very many; several dozen; quite a lot.
What part of speech is thirty-eleven?
Thirty-eleven is an adjective.

Words near thirty-eleven in the dictionary

  1. thirty two
  2. Thirty Years' War
  3. thirty-eight
  4. thirty-eighth
  5. thirty-eighths
  6. thirty-eleven
  7. thirty-fifth
  8. thirty-fifths
  9. thirty-first
  10. thirty-firsts
  11. thirty-five

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