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Etymology
From, ultimately from. Related to. The sense of fifty-five in lotto comes from the two verses Вме́сто ва́ленок перча́тки / Натя́нул себе́ на пя́тки. in the poem and 1975 film, connecting to.

Noun

 * 1) glove, gauntlet
 * 2)  snakes alive, fifty-five in the lotto game