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单词 devil's dozen
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devil's dozen
devil's dozen n. colloquial the number thirteen; cf. dozen n. 1c.
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1791 Edinb. Mag. July 15/1 He threw up 13,..the Devil's dozen.
1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 741/1 These fortunate ministers would meet the first Parliament of the new reign with a majority so narrow that it is still debated whether it consists of five, twenty-five, or a devil's dozen.
1917 Folk-lore 28 239 The number in a covine was thirteen, twelve witches and the officer, i.e. the Devil's dozen.
1985 Anthropol. & Aesthetics 9 110 The shaman's twelvefold evocation..grouped and graded everything within twelve archetypes... A devil's dozen, plus the berserk who counts them.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 95/2 Devil's dozen, thirteen.
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devil's dozen
c. With qualifying words. baker's dozen (see baker's dozen n. at baker n. Compounds 1), devil's dozen, long dozen (see long dozen n. at long adj.1 and n.1 Compounds 4a), printer's dozen: thirteen. brown dozen (obsolete) or round dozen: a full dozen. thirteen, (etc.) to the dozen: see quots. to talk nineteen to the dozen: to talk very fast, or to excess.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twelve > group or set of twelve
dozen1340
brown dozen?1499
zodiac1560
round dozena1572
twelve1573
quest?1589
jury1592
dodecade1659
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > thirteen
thirteenc1000
devil's dozen1831
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Biijv Haue at the hasarde or at the dosen browne.
1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 37 Pay it you with aduauntage, at the least thirteene to the dozen.
1598 in Lambert 2000 years of Guild Life (1892) 308 All the saide Company will deliver forthe theire breade..xiijten to the dozen.
1820 Ld. Byron Blues i. 36 A round dozen of authors and others.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 343/2 Instead of one kick, he deserves and gets a devil's dozen.
1872 ‘Ouida’ Fitz's Election 210 She..generally talked nineteen to the dozen.
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