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Would they want me to vote my conscience or would they want us to unanimously go the whole nine yards, declare him sane and possibly have the trial end up in a death sentence?

2007, Thomas Mchenry, Along the Rails: A Juror's Journey, page 85:

A numerical value equal to 9; the number following eight and preceding ten.

A cat has nine lives.

Describing a group or set with nine elements.

Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

PIE word
 *h₁néwn̥
From Middle English nyne, nine, from Old English nigon (“nine”), from Proto-West Germanic *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Scots neen, nine (“nine”), Saterland Frisian njúgen (“nine”), West Frisian njoggen (“nine”), Dutch negen (“nine”), German Low German negen (“nine”), German neun (“nine”), Danish ni (“nine”), Swedish nio (“nine”), Icelandic níu (“nine”), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun, “nine”), Latin novem (“nine”), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), Sanskrit नवन् (navan, “nine”).


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(card games) A playing card with nine pips.

(weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.

They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines.

(computing, engineering, usually in the plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).

The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.

(baseball) A baseball club, team, or lineup (composed of nine players).

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my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas

my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins

my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas