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Definition of Fifty-seven
1. Adjective. Being seven more than fifty.
Definition of Fifty-seven
1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-six and preceding fifty-eight. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifty-seven
Literary usage of Fifty-seven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1868)
"For pay of two teachers, under the direction of the President, per third article
treaty twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and fifty- seven, ..."
2. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"... that part of Los Angeles City precincts numbers one hundred thirty-six and
one hundred fifty-seven lying north of the center line of Jefferson street, ..."
3. The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America from by United States (1859)
"An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the
thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. August 16, 1856, ch. ..."
4. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"OBSERVATIONS DRAWN FROM A STUDY OF fifty-seven VARIETIES. REGARDING THE WHOLE PLANT.
Height increases with length of maturity period. ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"been ascertained to have perished in the town of Roseau and its vicinity, eight
white persons of different sexes and ages, fifty-seven free persons of ..."
6. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"... and Charles St. John, for a term ending the thirty-first day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. Sixth Ward. ..."
7. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"Thus, in 1891, there were in India, in round numbers, two hundred and seven
million Hindus, fifty-seven million Mohammedans, and only seven million ..."
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