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Definition of Fifty-five
1. Adjective. Being five more than fifty.
Definition of Fifty-five
1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following fifty-four and preceding fifty-six. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fifty-five
Literary usage of Fifty-five
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)
"... and for pay of teachers, per eleventh article treaty thirty- first January,
eighteen hundred and fifty-five, one thousand five hundred dollars. ..."
2. The Congressional Globe ...: 23d Congress to the 42d Congress, Dec. 2, 1833 by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey (1857)
"Fulfilling the treaty of twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five.
For one third of sixteenth of twenty-five installments in money, ..."
3. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, United States Congress Senate, Legislature (1912)
"... and that part of Los Angeles City precinct number fifty-five lying south of
the center line of Fifth street from Fremont avenue to Boylston street, ..."
4. The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America from by United States (1859)
"For third of twenty instalments of annuity in money, per third article treaty
twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, twenty thousand ..."
5. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"... north seventy-one degrees west one hundred and fifty-two perches and one-tenth
of a perch, north seventy-sii degrees and a half west fifty-five perches, ..."
6. Report by Maharashtra (India) Committee on Teacher Education in Maharashtra State (1884)
"In one instance a widower between sixty-five and seventy married a widow over
seventy ; in others, 4 widowers between fifty-five and sixty married widows ..."
7. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1863)
"The expenditures, exclusive of payment of public debt, were fifty-five million
nine hundred and twenty- nine thousand and ninety-five dollars and twenty- ..."
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