Meaning

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

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

Origin

Originally as a calque of French soixante-onze, soixante et onze, &c. In American dialects

Originally as a calque of French soixante-onze, soixante et onze, &c. In American dialects, from humorous use of eleven to continue counting the sixties.

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