99

Translingual

Symbol

99 (previous 98, next 100)

1. the number ninety-nine

See also

• Roman numerals: XCIX
• Chinese numerals: 玖拾玖, 九十九
• Eastern Arabic numerals: ٩٩‎
• Persian numerals: ۹۹‎
• Tibetan numerals: ༩༩
• Hindi numerals: ९९
• Gujarati numerals: ૯૯
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੯੯
• Bengali numerals: ৯৯
• Oriya numerals: ୯୯
• Telugu numerals: ౯౯

• Kannada numerals: ೯೯
• Malayalam numerals: ൯൯
• Tamil numerals: ௯௰௯
• Khmer numerals: ៩៩
• Thai numerals: ๙๙
• Lao numerals: ໙໙
• Myanmar numerals: ၉၉
• Amharic numerals: ፱፲፱
• Mongolian numerals: ᠙᠙
• Limbu numerals: ᥏᥏

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English

Noun

99 (plural 99s)

1. (British, Ireland) An ice cream cone with a Cadbury's Flake (stick of chocolate) inserted into the ice cream.
   • 2008, Ian Pattinson, Global Weirding, →ISBN:

     "Two 99s please. And your story." The ice cream was in insulated compartments and he scooped it out […]

   • 2011, On The Cobbles: Jimmy Stockin →ISBN:

     'Two 99s for you, young man. A Fab? Yes, here you are, madam. A Mivvi coming up.' As he handed over the ices, the kids ran or just sauntered off. I don't know if the ice-cream man thought some adult was going to appear and pay for the lot, […]

   • 2012, T. M. Alexander, A Thousand Water Bombs, →ISBN:

     'Two 99s, please.' Copper Pie held them while I searched for the right money. […] Copper Pie was still on the ground, holding the ice creams […]