fifty-eleven

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

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Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

American usage; Informal

"When Sunday comes, he asks his wife, "Have you made Mary's dress? Is Nellie's hat trimmed? Did you get Johnny's pants and vest done? Have you sewed the hat that was torn? Are my new pants ready to wear? Did you get my undershirt and drawers made?" and fifty-eleven other things are expected to be done just when they are wanted by a kind husband."
"Mr. [John W.] Ransone has the part of a stranded German musician and comes to the deserted inn (the servants have struck for their wages) and becomes waiter, cook, porter and fifty-eleven other things to help fill the vacancies."
"mister: The white man got fifty-eleven way to get money and go to school to learn some more ways. If you go to one of them schools say, "I'm gonna learn how to make money"... they'll give you a mop and bucket."

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the fifties.

fifty eleven (alternative) fifty-leven (alternative) fifty-'leven (alternative) fifty-leben (alternative) 50-11 (alternative)

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven eighty-eleven ninety-eleven

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven eighty-eleven ninety-eleven