twenty-'leven

A form of twenty-eleven — Very many; several dozen; quite a lot.

Meanings

adjectivetwenty-'leven (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of twenty-eleven.

    There couldn't never possibly be an orphan without relations here, where everybody is kin—an' a orphan with about twenty-'leven lookers-on is the last thing on earth for anybody to adopt.

    1897, Ruth McEnery Stuart, "Weeds", In Simpkinsville..., p. 86
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