five-and-twenty

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five-and-twenty

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  1. archaic Twenty-five. Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.

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@misc{five_and_twenty_2026,
  title = {five-and-twenty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/five-and-twenty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}