twelves meaning
EN- NounBFtwelve
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Eventually she was caught, and sent down for twelve years.
- The mallet is made of a hard heavy wood resembling ebony, is about twelve inches in length, and perhaps two in breadth, with a rounded handle at one end [ …] .
- Five or six of them youngsters, weren’t but two of them upwards of twelve or thirteen, they outs with their six-shooters and had me covered.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. (ie. £12.25)
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- To annualise net profit, divide the year-to-date net profit by the number of completed months, and multiply by twelve.
- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of twelves in English Dictionary
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- en twelvesies
- en twelvesome
- en twelvescore
- en twelvesomes
Source: Wiktionary