ninety-nine

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English

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    Cardinal: ninety-nine
    Ordinal: ninety-ninth
    Adverbial: ninety-nine times

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Numeral

ninety-nine

  1. The cardinal number immediately following ninety-eight and preceding one hundred.

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Noun

ninety-nine (countable and uncountable, plural ninety-nines)

  1. (countable) A traditional British ice cream cone with a flaky chocolate bar inserted, usually made with soft serve.
  2. (uncountable) A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.

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