one thousand and one

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one thousand and one

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noun

  1. uncountable A great many; numerous. But poor fool, he did not know until that minute that there were one thousand and one reasons why a new building should not be assessed so much as an old one.

    Similar: one hundred and one

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@misc{one_thousand_and_one_2026,
  title = {one thousand and one},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one%20thousand%20and%20one},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}