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ninth
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[ adjective ] coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)A two run homer by Norm_Siebern and a solo_blast by Bill_Tuttle tied the game , and single runs in the eighth and ninth gave the Athletics their fifth victory in eight starts . Rookie southpaw George_Stepanovich relieved Hyde at_the_start of the ninth and gave_up the A 's fifth tally on a walk to second_baseman Dick_Howser , a wild_pitch , and Frank_Cipriani 's single under Shortstop Jerry_Adair 's glove into center . Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally . In the ninth , Robinson led off with his second double of the night , a blast off the fence 375 feet deep into left . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Gaines hammered the ball over the left fence for the third Indianapolis run in the ninth . Related terms |
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[ noun ] position nine in a countable series of things
Examples "going into the ninth they were a run ahead" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)On December 9 , 1862 , Sergeant_Edwin_H._Fay , an unusual Louisianan who held A._B. and M._A. degrees from Harvard_University and who before the war was headmaster of a private_school for boys in Louisiana , wrote his wife : Related terms |
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