twenty-two - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Cardinal: twenty-two     Ordinal: twenty-second     Abbreviated ordinal: 22nd     Adverbial: twenty-two times

• enPR: twĕn'tē to͞oʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/
• (parts of North America) enPR: twŭn'tē to͞oʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌtwʌntiˈtu/

twenty-two

1. The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.

• two and twenty
• Arabic numerals: 22
• Roman numerals: XXII

twenty-two (plural twenty-twos)

1. A .22 calibre pistol or rifle.

   • 1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 38:

     He wore a crazed expression / As he waded in the car / For some ammo and his sawn-off twenty-two.

• twenty-one
• twenty-three