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Definition of Long dozen
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one.
Definition of Long dozen
1. Noun. thirteen ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Dozen
Literary usage of Long dozen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"... up to 24 inches long dozen Ploughs, with shares each Girths of hemp, cotton,
and wool 12 pair wool, of one colour yard not made up of cotton and Soap, ..."
2. Bolivia [a Handbook] by International Bureau of the American Republics (1892)
"676 Of cloth, stamped, carpeting, plush or felt, for men or women, more than 14
centimeters long dozen.. 4. 338 The same, of cotton cloth or China straw, ..."
3. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry by William Carleton (1896)
"When he first bound himself by the oath not to exceed the long dozen, ... I think
I could bear the long dozen still, if I didn't make mistakes. ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"The increased dozen, h ;¡- dred, &c. were sometimes called the long dozen, long
Irri- dred, &c. ; and this phrase is sometimes heard in our ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The increased dozen, hundred, &c. were sometimes called the long dozen, long
hundred, &c. ; and this phrase is sometimes heard in our own day, ..."
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