eightyodd

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Etymology[edit]

eighty +‎ -odd

Numeral[edit]

eightyodd

  1. Slightly more than eighty.
    • 1926 September, Henry Greenleaf Pearson, “The Silver Spoon”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      Inspired by the writings of Sir James Foggart, a Carlylean philosopher, he puts before Parliament a programme much like that presented by Carlyle himself eightyodd years since: emigration of children on a large scale, and cultivation of the land so that the country may produce more of its own food.