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Definition of Sixty-six
1. Adjective. Being six more than sixty.
Definition of Sixty-six
1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following sixty-five and preceding sixty-seven. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixty-six
Literary usage of Sixty-six
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 (1869)
"7«5. and sixty-six, six hundred dollars. For the support of two farmers, during
the pleasure of the President, per twelfth article treaty September ..."
2. The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America from by United States (1859)
"1109. eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
three thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. ..."
3. The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America by United States, George Minot, George P. Sanger (1856)
"... eighth article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
three thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1878)
"XXXIII.—On Hare-lip and Cleft Palate. By FRANCIS MASON, FRCS, Surgeon and Lecturer
on Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital, etc. With sixty-six illustrations. ..."
5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"... 'sixty, six years ; 'sixty-six, twelve months for uttering counterfeit coin ;
finally, in January of this year, ten years for the same offence. ..."
6. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1851)
"... North seventy Degrees East sixty perches to a black Oak, thence North seventy-five
Degrees Easterly one hundred & sixty-six perches to a black Oak, ..."
7. The Life of James McNeill Whistler by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell (1908)
"THE YEARS EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE TO EIGHTEEN sixty-six WHISTLER'S first house in
London was No. 7 Lindsey Row, Chelsea, now 101 Cheyne Walk. ..."
8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... to which by and by the "Parker Society" answered with its sixty-six volumes,
mostly unreadable, of the Cranmer, Bullinger, and Zurich pattern. ..."
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