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Definition of Fifty-two
1. Adjective. Being two more than fifty.
Definition of Fifty-two
1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-one and preceding fifty-three. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifty-two
Literary usage of Fifty-two
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Books in Print by J. Whitaker & Sons (1902)
"fifty-two More Stories for Boys. fifty-two More Stories for Girls. ... fifty-two
Further Stories for Girls. fifty-two Other Stories for Boys. ..."
2. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1859)
"... one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars ; draughtsman, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty dollars ; clerk to the Committee on Finance, ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... on the morning of the nineteenth, was seventeen hundred and eighty-three.
I lost in the fight fifty-two killed and three hundred and sixty-six wounded. ..."
4. The Congressional Globe ...: 23d Congress to the 42d Congress, Dec. 2, 1833 by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey (1857)
"For salaries of fifty-two keepers of light-vessels, twenty-nine thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars. For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, ..."
5. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"... one hundred forty-two, one hundred forty-five, one hundred fifty, one hundred
fifty-two, that part of Los Angeles City precinct number forty-eight lying ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... two theatres, eight public, and one hundred and fifty-three private, baths,
fifty-two porticoes, five granaries, eight aqueducts or reservoirs of water, ..."
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