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fifteen

/ˈfɪf.tiːn/ numeral A1
  1. The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
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However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 5 · B2
“Ruby Gillis says she means to have a beau as soon as she’s fifteen,” said Diana.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 202 · C1
A man-trained boy would have been badly bruised, for the fall was a good fifteen feet, but Mowgli fell as Baloo had taught him to fall, and landed on his feet.
The Jungle Book, p. 53 · B2
When she was only fifteen there was a gentleman at my brother Gardiner’s in town so much in love with her, that my sister-in-law was sure he would make her an offer before we came away.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 48 · B2

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