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eighty-seventh

Speech parts

1. eighty-seventh - Noun

2. eighty-seventh - Adjective

Meaning

eighty-seventh

The ordinal form of the number eighty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 87 of a sequence.
The answer appears on the eighty-seventh page of the book.
She finished eighty-seventh in the race.

eighty-seventh (plural eighty-sevenths)

One of eighty-seven equal parts of a whole.
An eighty-seventh of 1740 is 20.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

People ask me what I'd most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit. George Burns

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