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Definition of Thirteens
1. thirteen [n] - See also: thirteen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thirteens
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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