number nine

noun

The batsman who bats ninth.

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Meanings

nounnumber nine (plural number nines)

plural number nines

  1. ball gamesThe batsman who bats ninth.
  2. ball gamesA centre forward or striker, often but not necessarily wearing the uniform number 9.
  3. British ArmydatedslanggovernmentA laxative pill.

    A number nine pill was all they could hope for if they went sick.

    1930, Siegfried Sassoon, The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, London: Faber and Faber, page 310 (Faber Paper 1972 edition)

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APA

number nine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/number%20nine

MLA

“number nine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/number%20nine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “number nine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/number%20nine.

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