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thirteen

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1. thirteen - Noun

2. thirteen - Adjective

3. thirteen - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

One more than twelve; ten and three; as, thirteen ounces or pounds.

The number greater by one than twelve; the sum of ten and three; thirteen units or objects.

A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you. Erma Bombeck

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell

The battle was over. Our casualties were some thirteen thousand killed--thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes--because the human mind is more a universe than the universe itself--and all for a few hundred yards of useless mud. John Fowles

The game Flights of Fancy or Reverse Strip Jump is played from as high a jumping-point as a competitor will dare. After each successful jump, the competitor is allowing to put on an article of clothing. Thirteen jumps is normally more than enough to see a competitor fully dressed for the day. Peter Greenaway

Thirteen nuns, fourteen children! German Proverb

It fits like thirteen into dozen. Finnish Proverb

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