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twenty-one

  1. the number between 20 and 22
L1222840 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. a number that is one more than twenty
  2. blackjack: a card game the object of which is to be dealt cards having a higher count than those of the dealer up to but not exceeding 21
L1450533 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/ / /ˌtwɛntiˈwɒn/ / /ˌtwʌntiˈwʌn/

noun

  1. Blackjack.

    “They were to spend many an evening together sitting round the old kitchen table playing twentyone ….”

  2. A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.

num

  1. The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.