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twelve
noun
countable
B1
US /twɛlv/
A group of twelve items.
A twelve-bore gun.
A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
colloquial
The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
slang
Front (front side of something, position in front of something).
slang
Forms
plural
twelves
Example sentences
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I spent twelve hours on the train.
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Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
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twelve
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
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