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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I..
All went lame; all blind; / Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots / Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Use five-nine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Five-nine means (historical) A 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I..
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All went lame; all blind; / Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots / Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
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