eighty-eight

[ey-tee-eyt]

eight·y-eight

[ey-tee-eyt]
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. 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 is always a great word to know.
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an easy or profitable source of livelihood of dubious legality
excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue
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eighty-eight

adjective
being eight more than eighty 
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