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- noun Plural form of
thirtieth .
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Examples
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Someone else had apparently put him up to the sacrifice bit-and it seemed quite possible that the other person was the one responsible for Julia's death and my collection of memorable April thirtieths.
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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My life had been relatively peaceful for eight years-not counting April thirtieths, when someone invariably tried to kill me.
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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My mind was flooded with April thirtieths, with family politics in the Courts, where people dueled and died as the succession to the succession to the succession wound and shifted its intricate way through blood rituals of status and elevation.
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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"I gather you're also the guy who tried to kill me on a bunch of April thirtieths."
Trumps of Doom Zelazny, Roger 1985
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Thompson and I were trustees, and the certificate stood in our names; but each contributor received a pro-rata interest; Lena, one thirtieth; Judson, five-thirtieths; and the others between these extremes.
The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter
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About one sixtieth of their live weight in hay, or its equivalent, will keep horned cattle on their feet; but, in order to be completely nourished, they require about one thirtieth in dry substances, and four thirtieths in water, or other liquid contained in their food.
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The product of gas during two hours and a half was two-thirtieths of a cubic inch.
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume III: Modern development of the physical sciences 1904
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Nearly the whole immense dictionary of Chinese -- at least twenty-nine thirtieths -- consists of combined signs, one part indicating the general sound, the other determining its special meaning.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
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Above twenty-nine thirtieths of the profession submitted to the law.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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"That explains why he didn't lean on her directly about the later April thirtieths.
Blood of Amber Zelazny, Roger 1986
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