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number nine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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The batsman who bats ninth.
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A centre forward or striker, often but not necessarily wearing the uniform number 9.
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(British-Army, dated, slang) A laxative pill.
A number nine pill was all they could hope for if they went sick.
1930, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, London: Faber and Faber, page 310 (Faber Paper 1972 edition):
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number eight · and so on · number ten