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eighth

/eɪtθ/ noun C2
  1. The person or thing in the eighth position.
  2. One of eight equal parts of a whole. · Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.
  3. An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs. (slang)
  4. An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.

Plural eighths

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I wrote the word finis at the end of the sixty-eighth strip about a week ago.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 156 · C1
Upon the eighth day he discerned a small vessel under full sail approaching Monte Cristo.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 271 · C1

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