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-st
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
st
(abbreviation)
St.
(abbreviation)
-st
-st
-st
Britannica Dictionary definition of -ST
—
used in writing after the number 1 for the word
first
He's in the 1
st
[=
first
] grade.
It is her 21
st
birthday.
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