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单词 long hundred
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great (also long) hundred
3. In the sale of various commodities, often used for a definite number greater than five score; see quots.: esp. great (also long) hundred (usually) = six score, or a hundred and twenty.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > definite or indefinite
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quantitya1425
hundred1469
standard1545
'n1828
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1469 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 102 Salt fishe for Lent..at 204 [sic, but ? error] to the hundred.
1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 13 §12 The nomber of the C. of shepe..in some countrey the great C where .vj. Score is accompted for the C.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) 61 Of somme manner of fish the hundred containeth six score, and of some other sort, nine score.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. v. 260/2 Ling, Cod, or Haberdine, have 124 to the Hundred.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Deal Boards are six Score to the Hundred, call'd the long Hundred.
1813 Q. Rev. 9 279 To take from ten to twenty thousand mackerel a-day at a price not exceeding ten shillings the hundred of six score, or a penny a-piece.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 16 Fresh herrings are sold from the vessel by the long hundred (130).
1886 Glasgow Her. 13 Sept. 4/2 A mease [of herring]..is five hundreds of 120 each.
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long hundred
long hundred n. a group or set numbering rather more than 100 (typically 120); cf. great hundred n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > hundred and over > [noun] > hundred > hundred and twenty
great hundreda1450
long hundred1683
1683 J. S. Present State Eng.: Pts. III & IV lxiii. 202 The Kings Beam called the Viconte, which exceeds our long hundred, viz. 112 pound 14 per cent. so that it makes English, 126 pound, tho sometimes less.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Hundred Deal Boards are six Score to the Hundred, call'd the long Hundred.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 16 Fresh herrings are sold from the vessel by the long hundred (130).
1940 Eng. Hist. Rev. 55 285 Sheep were generally sold in hundreds; but occasionally we find..that this was the long hundred of six score.
2001 Grocer (Nexis) 6 Jan. 16 Average prices £ per long hundred (120).
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