Meanings
plural 99s
- IrelandUKAn ice cream cone with a chocolate flake inserted into the ice cream.
"Two 99s please. And your story." The ice cream was in insulated compartments and he scooped it out […]
2008, Ian Pattinson, Global Weirding, →ISBN2 more examples
'Two 99s for you, young man. A Fab? Yes, here you are, madam. A Mivvi coming up.' As he handed over the ices, the kids ran or just sauntered off. I don't know if the ice-cream man thought some adult was going to appear and pay for the lot, […]
2011, On The Cobbles: Jimmy Stockin, →ISBN'Two 99s, please.' Copper Pie held them while I searched for the right money. […] Copper Pie was still on the ground, holding the ice creams […]
2012, T. M. Alexander, A Thousand Water Bombs, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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