eleven
/əˈlɛv.ən/ noun C2- A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- A very high level of intensity.
Plural elevens
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Eleven, and the more stately tread of the landlady passed my door, bound for the same destination.
There he remained until past eleven at night.
At eleven there was a fight at the ‘White Hart’; but bar that all was quiet enough on the beat.
I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air—or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.
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