Five-nine

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  1. 1
    A 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I. historical

    "All went lame; all blind; / Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots / Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind."

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"All went lame; all blind; / Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots / Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind."

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