Eleventeen

Pronunciation varies by accent · numeral

Meaning

(nonce word) Twenty-one (21)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (nonce word) Twenty-one (21).
2. (colloquial) A relatively large number, not precisely specified.
3. (colloquial) A nonsense number.

Example Sentences

Many giglets I have married seen / Ere they forsooth could reach eleventeen.

"He fitted about eleventeen thousand people last year."

Trust me, I've checked every angle and analyzed a zillion options eleventeen different ways.

I can make the locals laugh at my attempts in a few other languages, such as Swedish, but I'm certainly not like the average European who seems to speak "eleventeen" languages

Hobbes: Ooh, that's a tricky one. You have to use calculus and imaginary numbers for this. Calvin: Imaginary numbers?! Hobbes: You know, eleventeen, thirty-twelve, all those.

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