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Definition of Seventy-two
1. Adjective. Being two more than seventy.
Definition of Seventy-two
1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seventy-two
Literary usage of Seventy-two
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"CHAPTER XII seventy-two days without a port—Whales and birds—A peep into the ...
This occupied twenty-nine days more, making seventy-two days in all. ..."
2. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"... thence South seventy-two degrees and three-quarters West three hundred and
eight perches to a marked Ash Tree on the side of a small run, a little below ..."
3. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1872)
"And in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the said board of supervisors
are authorised and required to raise in the same manner the amount directed ..."
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