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- noun slang A
sixteenth (1/16) of an ounce
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Examples
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This deplorable situation was the effect of my brief course in the East, and the unsatisfactory "teenth" in a girl's years.
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This deplorable situation was the effect of my brief course in the East, and the unsatisfactory "teenth" in a girl's years.
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I just watched The Office Christmas Special for the ump-teenth time last night.
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Before going to cedar I will be making pizza dough for the um-teenth time :o
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When I talk about black in the context of baseball, though, my test is this: “If this player had debuted in the major leagues before Jackie Robinson, would he have been considered the first Negro in the majors since the color line was drawn in the nine teenth century?”
ROB NEYER’S BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL LEGENDS ROB NEYER 2008
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Any visitor to Okayama should spend some time in Korakuen, a seven‑ teenth-century garden that the Japanese, with their fondness for ranking, have classified as one of the top three gardens in the nation.
The Travel Advisory 2006
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Any visitor to Okayama should spend some time in Korakuen, a seven‑ teenth-century garden that the Japanese, with their fondness for ranking, have classified as one of the top three gardens in the nation.
The Travel Advisory 2006
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Or, for the um-teenth time, I'm wailing in pain about my brother, and you're silent?
Do I have 'stupid' written on my head? breathelilac 2007
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To have lived a free life in London in the six teenth century would have meant for a woman who was poet and playwright a nervous stress and dilemma which might well have killed her.
A room of one's own 2006
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I am a junior and am re-reading this book for the up-teenth time.
Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation; vol. 1: The Pox Party 2006
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