number six

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === number six (plural number sixes) (soccer) A defensive midfielder. (cricket) The batsman who bats sixth. (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”). (Nigeria, colloquial) One’s brain or common sense. ==== Coordinate terms ==== number five, number seven, and so on ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary