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Definition of Twenty-seven

1. Adjective. Being seven more than twenty.

2. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-six and one.

Definition of Twenty-seven

1. Cardinal numeral. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-six and preceding twenty-eight. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-seven

twenty-four seven twenty-fourmo twenty-fourth twenty-fourths twenty-minute egg twenty-nail dystrophy twenty-nine twenty-ninth twenty-ninths twenty-one

twenty-one hundred twenty-oneth twenty-past twenty-second twenty-seconds twenty-seven (current term) twenty-seventh twenty-sevenths twenty-six twenty-sixth

twenty-third twenty-thirds twenty-three twenty-three hundred twenty-to twenty-twenty twenty-twenty hindsight twenty-two twenty-two hundred twenty-two pistol

Literary usage of Twenty-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 (1859)
"... range twenty-seven; northwest quarter of northeast quarter of section one, township sixty-nine, range twenty-seven ; northeast quarter of southeast ..."

2. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1901)
"Silas C. Swallow had twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and eight ... 27908 Hiram DeWalt had twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and eleven votes, ..."

3. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield ; with a Review of the by James Gillespie Blaine (1884)
"TAUGHT TO READ AT FIFTEEN. — MAYOR OF TOWN AT TWENTY-TWO. — IN THE LEGISLATURE AT twenty-seven. — PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR IN AT THIRTY-TWO. ..."

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