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Tinny performance with English digit (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ninety

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'digit' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'tinny performance with english' is the wordplay.
'performance with' indicates an anagram.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'tinny' mixed up with 'e' can make 'NINETY'.

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(Other definitions for ninety that I've seen before include "6 x 3 x 5" , "high number" , "old age" , "Four score and ten" , "quite an age" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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