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Definitions

Noun

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

Adjective

1. 1
   being one less than one hundred and nine more than ninety wordnet

Numeral

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

999999 flakeicxcix

Example

More examples

"Ninety-nine always makes me laugh."

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