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thirty

/ˈθɝti/

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What does thirty mean?

numeral

  1. The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

noun

  1. (slang) A rack of thirty beers.
  2. A commercial lasting 30 seconds.

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She must certainly, he reflected, be thirty, and he was honestly delighted to see that the years had treated her so indulgently.
Willa CatherAlexander's BridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #94
In reality, “these two or three millions” were reducible, as we have said, to six hundred and thirty or forty thousand francs.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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She would probably live to be eighty, and as she was now fifty, that left thirty years more for her to live.
Virginia WoolfThe Voyage OutProject Gutenberg ebook #144
Just as I was getting on horseback they came to my door, between thirty and forty, mounted, and all in their uniforms.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
“He earns a hundred and thirty pounds. But they’re all alike. They’re large in promises, but it’s precious little fulfilment you get.”
D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceSons and LoversProject Gutenberg ebook #217