thirty-ninth

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adjective

1
: being number 39 in a countable series
the thirty-ninth day
see Table of Numbers
2
: being one of 39 equal parts into which anything is divisible
a thirty-ninth share of the money

thirty-ninth

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noun

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1
: number 39 in a countable series
2
: the quotient of a unit divided by 39 : one of 39 equal parts of anything
one thirty-ninth of the total

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