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noun
1.
a cardinal number, 80 plus 8.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 88 or LXXXVIII.
3.
a
set
of this many persons or things.
4.
Slang
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the keys of a piano or the piano itself:
tickle the old eighty-eight.
adjective
5.
amounting to 88 in number.
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eighty-eight
adjective
being eight more than eighty
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