Nine To One If You Guess It

Riddle: My first is appropriate, my second 'tis nine to one if you guess it. My whole elevates the sole above the earth. What am I?

Answer: Pat-ten.

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My first is appropriate, my second 'tis nine to one if you guess it. My whole elevates the sole above the earth. What am I? — Nine to one if you guess it by Anonymous v1.

Riddle: My first is appropriate, my second 'tis nine to one if you guess it. My whole elevates the sole above the earth. What am I? Answer: Pat-ten. — by Anonymous v2.