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21st

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adj.1.coming next after the twentieth in a series
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Adj.1.21st - coming next after the twentieth in position21st - coming next after the twentieth in position
twenty-first
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
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"So be it, then," replied the count, and extending his hand towards a calendar, suspended near the chimney-piece, he said, "to-day is the 21st of February;" and drawing out his watch, added, "it is exactly half-past ten o'clock.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
We left this place of interview the next day, and on the 21st of June arrived at Fremone, the residence of the missionaries, where we were welcomed by great numbers of Catholics, both Portuguese and Abyssins, who spared no endeavours to make us forget all we had suffered in so hazardous a journey, undertaken with no other intention than to conduct them in the way of salvation.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
It is in a man's handwriting, large, bold, and firmly regular, and the date is "June the 21st.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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