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Definition of Twenty-five
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-four and one.
2. Adjective. Being five more than twenty.
Definition of Twenty-five
1. Number. The cardinal number immediately following twenty-four and preceding twenty-six. ¹
2. Noun. A solitaire card game with the goal of making a five-by-five square of cards so that every row and column is valid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twenty-five
Literary usage of Twenty-five
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"But that was all we could take—twenty-five pounds each. So we had to snatch our
trunks open, ... We put our lawful twenty-five pounds apiece ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Under the law previous to that date, men under the age of twenty- five and women
under the age of twenty-one could not marry without the consent of their ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"186] Tested by that rule, did the addition of the words "but not to extend beyond
twenty-five years from the date of the approval of this Act" operate to ..."
4. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"10 00 Second, John Pritchard 8 00 Third, WH Elliott 6 00 twenty-five blooms of
Meteor ... 10 00 twenty-five blooms of Souvenir de President Carnot: First, ..."
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