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- adjective US Very
many ; toomany tocount ; quite alot .
Etymologies
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forty + eleven
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I can't take a day off without my underlings calling me forty-leven times.
wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2005
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Either he HAS done so, and the inaction we see is the result of his expert team choosing to stymie action — or — he HASN’T, and this inaction is the result of the Coast Guard, the EPA, and all forty-leven other different bureaucracies THWARTING ACTION at the same time despite EVERYONE recognizing this is an emergency.
Jindal, the Coast Guard, and the barges: government efficiency at its finest 2010
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