Definition of Thirteens

1. Noun. (plural of thirteen) ¹

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Definition of Thirteens

1. thirteen [n] - See also: thirteen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirteens

thirstinesses
thirsting
thirstland
thirstless
thirsts
thirsty
thirsty(p)
thirsty work
thirteen
thirteen hundred
thirteenfold
thirteenish
thirteenness
thirteenpence
thirteenpenny
thirteens (current term)
thirteenth
thirteenthly
thirteenths
thirties
thirtieth
thirtiethly
thirtieths
thirty
thirty-eight
thirty-eighth
thirty-fifth
thirty-first
thirty-five
thirty-four

Literary usage of Thirteens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Codex Fejérváry-Mayer: An Old Mexican Picture Manuscript in the Liverpool by Eduard Seler, Joseph Florimond Loubat, Augustus Henry Keane (1902)
"The second series of thirteens are indicated on the upper side of the trapeze ... The third series of thirteens on the left side of the trapeze figures are ..."

2. The Teaching of Algebra (including Trigonometry) by Thomas Percy Nunn (1914)
"Now whatever these numbers measure—or even if they are not meant to be measurements of anything at all—it is clear that 3 thirteens added to 7 thirteens ..."

3. Trades' Societies and Strikes by Committee on Trades' Societies (1860)
"Respecting big W and his thirteens. And may the odd knife, &c. ... Let us be unanimous, and jointly say: But down with both W 's twelves and thirteens. ..."

4. The Elements of Arithmetic by Augustus De Morgan (1840)
"But 26 is itself 2 thirteens ; therefore, 156 contains 10 thirteens and 2 thirteens, or 12 thirteens. 75. The result of the last article is expressed by ..."

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