What is twenty?

  • (noun): The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one.
    Synonyms: 20, XX
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on twenty:

Twenty Grand - Racing Career
... and ridden by jockey Charley Kurtsinger, Twenty Grand raced against very strong opponents in 1930 and 1931 when he was part of what the Chicago Tribune newspaper called the "big ... Twenty Grand won the Wood Memorial Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Dwyer Stakes, Travers Stakes, Saratoga Cup, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup ... In his only blemish of the year, Twenty Grand just missed the Triple Crown, finishing second to Mate in the Preakness ...
Twenty, Lincolnshire - Nearby Attractions
... a museum of land drainage, which is relevant to fen communities like Twenty and nearby Guthram Gowt ...
Twenty Grand
... Twenty Grand (1928-1948) was an American thoroughbred race horse ... Owned and bred by Helen Hay Whitney's Greentree Stable, Twenty Grand was a bay colt by St ...
Wilson Lumpkin
... He was elected to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation in 1831 before the ... he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-sixth Congress) ...
William Biddle Shepard
... to Elizabeth City, North Carolina also engaged in banking elected to the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses and elected as a Whig to the ...

More definitions of "twenty":

  • (adj): Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.
    Synonyms: 20, xx

Famous quotes containing the word twenty:

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    The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later.
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