seventy-'leven

A form of seventy-eleven — Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

Meanings

adjectiveseventy-'leven (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of seventy-eleven.
    1 more example

    Then he turned to Jemima, and asked in a polite voice, "What did you say, ma'am? The car makes such a noise, bumping on the stones, I can't hear a word! I s'pect you 've got the cwoup, or somefing. Well, ma'am, I can't make out what you say; and oh, there's about seventy-'leven people waiting on the corner!"

    1879 April, Anonymous, "Arthur and Romeo", St. Nicholas: Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys, Vol. VI, No. 6, p. 424
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