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Still less than seventeen (4)

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een

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'still less' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'seventeen' is the wordplay.
'EEN' is hidden within the letters.
However, I'm unsure how this is indicated.

'than' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for een that I've seen before include "Literary form of even" , "Even to the poet" , "Poetic form of even" , "Even, poetically" .)

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