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fifth

/fɪfθ/ adjective A1
  1. The ordinal form of the number five.
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‘Erected in the fifth year of the reign of James I, and standing upon the site of a much older building, the Manor House of Birlstone presents one of the finest surviving examples of the moated Jacobean residence—’”
The Valley of Fear, p. 81 · C1
Having completed my studies there, I was duly attached to the Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as Assistant Surgeon.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 1 · B2
There is a piece in the Fifth Reader--‘The Downfall of Poland’--that is just full of thrills.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 52 · C1
Of course, I wasn’t in the Fifth Reader--I was only in the Fourth--but the big girls used to lend me theirs to read.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 52 · C1

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