in the sixteenth place

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• sixteenth — [siks′tēnth′] adj. [ME sixtenthe, replacing OE syxteotha: see SIXTEEN & TH2] 1. preceded by fifteen others in a series; 16th 2. designating any of the sixteen equal parts of something n. 1. the one following the fifteenth …   English World dictionary

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