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View synonyms for twenty-one
twenty-one
[ twen-tee-wuhn, twuhn- ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 20 plus 1.
- a symbol for this number, as 21 or XXI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Also 21. Cards. blackjack ( def 1a ).
adjective
- amounting to 21 in number.
twenty-one
noun
- another name (esp US) for pontoon 2
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One hundred twenty-one of the 594 athletes on the American team — more than one in five — are from the state.
From Los Angeles Times
When they turned twenty-one, however, their lives and relationship changed permanently.
From Literature
“If you’re coming and you’re over twenty-one, my question is, ‘why now?’” he explained, referring to the legal buying age in Florida.
From Seattle Times
At least twenty-one people have died in southern Brazil, after a cyclone made landfall in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
From BBC
Three lawns a day, once a week, twenty-one lawns if I worked seven days, dawn till dark, no days off.
From Literature
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