Meaning of number six | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A defensive midfielder.
2. The batsman who bats sixth.
3. Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”).
   UK, obsolete, slang
4. One’s brain or common sense.
   Nigeria, colloquial

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Examples

“The number⟳ six adds additional defensive cover⟳, balance, screening and protection just ahead of the central defence.”

“Bessy knew it was called “Calverton's School” — and though many who attended it were big men who ought to have⟳ known their letters better, yet others were only youths, and a few quite little boys, who wore their hair in “number⟳ sixes” at the temples, when law had left them hair sufficient for such ornamentation.”

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