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thousand one

alt. 1 (context US English) thousand plus one. 2 (context informal English) The ordinality of an element whose predecessor is thousandth; usually called ''thousand-first'' (''US'') or ''thousand-and-first'' (''UK'') but sometimes ''number thousand one'' (''US'') or ''number thousand and one'' (''UK''). 3 (context informal English) A great number. num. 1 (context US English) thousand plus one. 2 (context informal English) The ordinality of an element whose predecessor is thousandth; usually called ''thousand-first'' (''US'') or ''thousand-and-first'' (''UK'') but sometimes ''number thousand one'' (''US'') or ''number thousand and one'' (''UK''). 3 (context informal English) A great number.

Usage examples of "thousand one".

In all, seven thousand one hundred and twenty-eight were, during the month, turned into that seething mass of corrupting humanity to be polluted and tainted by it, and to assist in turn to make it fouler and deadlier.

It is three thousand four hundred and eighty miles in diameter, while our moon is but two thousand one hundred and sixty, revolves at a distance of six hundred and seventy-eight thousand three hundred miles from Jupiter, completes its revolution in seven days and four hours, and has a specific gravity of 1.

Then we climbed what seemed to be fourteen thousand one hundred ten meters of elevation to a place a little below the odd house, where we finally rested, breathing as hard as ancient warriors who'd just dragged their elephant up the Alps.

Approximately four thousand one hundred twenty-eight people have come to stand vigil at this crucial vote.

For this purpose, there had to be employed eighteen hundred and sixty-six pounds of sulphuric acid, sixteen thousand and fifty pounds of iron, and nine thousand one hundred and sixty-six gallons of water.

She had walked nine thousand one hundred and fifty four steps since waking.

A thousand one such reflections whirled in succession through his brain.

Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, seven thousand one hundred.