ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thirty-eleven

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Thirty-eleven is an adjective meaning (informal, chiefly US, dialectal) Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.

Meaning

(informal, chiefly US, dialectal) Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.

Example Sentences

"Thirty-eleven... Papa, what comes after thirty eleven?" "There is no thirty-eleven," he said gruffly. "It goes thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one." "And then what?"
"Comfortable!" fairly shrieked Sophrania. "Yes, comfortable to you because you don't have to climb those ladder-like stairs... nor have you done the distance from the kitchen to the front door thirty-eleven times a day..."

Word Forms

Synonyms for thirty-eleven

Depending on context, synonyms include countless, eighty-eleven, eleventeen, eleventy, feelefold, fifty-eleven.

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