Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, dialectal, informal, not comparable)Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

  2. (not comparable, obsolete)Synonym of ninety-one.

Origin

Originally as a calque of French quatre-vingt-onze. In American dialects, from humorous us

Originally as a calque of French quatre-vingt-onze. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the eighties.

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