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Definition of Forty-four
1. Adjective. Being four more than forty.
Definition of Forty-four
1. Numeral. The cardinal number immediately following forty-three and preceding forty-five. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A .44 Magnum handgun ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forty-four
Literary usage of Forty-four
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"Forty- four Turkish fairy tales. Kunos. Turkish fairy tales. Forty robbers.
See Ali Baba and the forty thieves. Forty thieves. See Ali Baba and the forty ..."
2. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"... one hundred nineteen, one hundred twenty, that part of Los Angeles City
precincts numbers thirty-eight, thirty-nine and forty-four lying easterly of the ..."
3. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"CHAPTER forty-four "I DON'T think they spoke together again. The boat entered a
narrow by-channel, where it was pushed by the oar-blades set into crumbling ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... forty-four mi'es from Santa Cruz, where in two days we arrived. Our journey
to this place vas immediately inland, being in the direction, ..."
5. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... south seventy five degrees west one hundred and eighteen perches, north
forty-four degrees and a half west one hundred and thirteen perches, ..."
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