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sixteen
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[ adjective ] being one more than fifteen
Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)A Colombian female 's brood of sixteen boa_constrictors born in the Staten_Island_Zoo averaged 20 inches . (Francis Pollini, Night....)Fresh , warm , sweet and juicy , sweet lovin sixteen , she was . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Mrs._Pastern had been given sixteen names , a bundle of literature , and a printed book of receipts . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
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