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Definition of Twenty-six

1. Adjective. Being six more than twenty.

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

Definition of Twenty-six

1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-five and preceding twenty-seven. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-six

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 twenty-seventh twenty-sevenths twenty-six (current term) 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 twenty-two rifle twenty-twos twenty dollar bill

Literary usage of Twenty-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 (1868)
"257. fourth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, and fifth article treaty seventh August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty thousand dollars. ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"... ordnance and supply train, Lieutenant William Sager, one hundred and twenty-six ; Third division, Twentieth army corps, ordnance and supply train, ..."

3. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1921)
"... five hundred and sixty-nine of the Laws of nineteen hundred and sixteen and six hundred and twenty-six of the Laws of nineteen hundred and eighteen,'' ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"But upwards of what 1 is the question —of the highest point of land we may naturally conclude ; therefore, as fifteen cubits is twenty-six feet, ..."

5. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"THE first twenty-six graves in the Virginia cemetery were occupied by murdered men. So everybody said, so everybody believed, and so they will always say ..."

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