sixty-eleven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
  2. Synonym of seventy-one.

Word forms

sixty-eleven sixty-leven sixty-'leven

Etymology

Originally as a calque of French soixante-onze, soixante et onze, &c. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the sixties.

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