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devil's number

devil's number noun: a score of 87 runs, sometimes regarded as unlucky because it is 13 runs short of a century.

Noun

devil's number

  1. A score of 87 runs, sometimes regarded as unlucky because it is 13 runs short of a century.

Questions about devil's number

What does devil's number mean?
Devil's number means a score of 87 runs, sometimes regarded as unlucky because it is 13 runs short of a century.
What part of speech is devil's number?
Devil's number is a noun.

Words near devil's number in the dictionary

  1. devil's needle
  2. devil's negation
  3. devil's nettle
  4. Devil's Night
  5. Devil's Nights
  6. devil's number
  7. devil's own
  8. devil's paintbrush
  9. devil's picture books
  10. devil's proof
  11. devil's proofs

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