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seventy

/ˈsɛv.ən.di/ numeral A1
  1. The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
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Andrea, on whose arm hung one of the most consummate dandies of the Opera, was explaining to him rather cleverly, since he was obliged to be bold to appear at ease, his future projects, and the new luxuries he meant to introduce to Parisian fashions with his hundred and seventy-five thousand livres per annum.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 967 · C1
This one delectable evening culled from each dull seventy was to Chandler a source of renascent bliss.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 27 · C1
Chandler protracted his walk until the Forties began to intersect the great and glittering primrose way, for the evening was yet young, and when one is of the _beau monde_ only one day in seventy, one loves to protract the pleasure.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 27 · C1
They have their regular roads and crossroads, up hills and down hills, all laid out from fifty to seventy or a hundred feet above ground, and by these they can travel even at night if necessary.
The Jungle Book, p. 38 · B2

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