Definitions
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- suffix Used to form
cardinal numbers fromthirteen tonineteen .
Etymologies
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From Old English -tēne < Proto-Germanic -tehun ("ten").
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Examples
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In the last game of 1938, when Feller got those eigh -teen strikeouts, Tebbetts went 2 for 2 and drove in two runs in Detroit’s improbable 4–2 victory.
ROB NEYER’S BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL LEGENDS ROB NEYER 2008
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