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Meanings of one-fifth part in English

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Usage of one-fifth part in English
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Prickles waited the one-fifth part of an instant, to listen and locate.
The Way of the Wild
2
Mr. Hoseason, I think, is proprietor of one-fifth part of a rental of £3.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
3
Informers were encouraged to give evidence against the offenders by the promise of one-fifth part of the fines and confiscations.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
4
He had also to pay one-fifth part of all the gold and silver which might be found within his borders.
This Country of Ours
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Besides, the cistern did not contain one-fifth part of it; they must therefore give up this efficient means of deadening the shock of arrival.
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
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"As a general rule," was the answer, "our sort is worth about one-fifth part o' the wallie it represents.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851