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Meaning of five-nine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I.

historical

Examples

“All went lame; all blind; / Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots / Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

five-o Five-Percenter five-piece door five-pin five-pin bowling five-point Calvinist

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