thirty-eight

English

English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: thirty-eight
    Ordinal: thirty-eighth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 38th
    Adverbial: thirty-eight times

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Numeral

thirty-eight

  1. The cardinal number immediately following thirty-seven and preceding thirty-nine.

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Noun

thirty-eight (plural thirty-eights)

  1. .38-caliber revolver.
    • 1987, Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy, page 138:
      Blue takes a small grey satchel down from the shelf and packs it with his thirty-eight, a pair of binoculars, a notebook and other tools of the trade.
    He was shooting cans with his thirty-eight
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