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nine

/naɪn/ numeral A1
  1. A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.
  2. Describing a group or set with nine elements. · A cat has nine lives.
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At last, shortly after nine o’clock, there arrived a messenger with a note:
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 27 · B2
“Monday night after nine.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 33 · B2
When the Wizard was given this message he was so frightened that he sent word for them to come to the Throne Room at four minutes after nine o’clock the next morning.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 103 · B2
Promptly at nine o’clock the next morning the green-whiskered soldier came to them, and four minutes later they all went into the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 103 · B2

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