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twelve
num.
139 quotations in 7 senses
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Cardinal number as adj.: twelve, a dozen;
ten other twelve
, about twelve (plows, yards of cloth, etc.);
ten or twelve or twenti
, between ten and twenty (foals);
ten verse or twelve
, ten or twelve…
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