Johnny Depp: Only thirteen years old, Depp lost his virginity to a groupie.
He will help Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim distribute their Kardashian Kollection brand in thirteen countries across Europe and Asia.
But Ariel stretches thirteen miles beyond the green line, virtually slicing the northern West Bank in two.
thirteen percent of South African land was allotted to black citizens during apartheid.
It has seen thirteen consecutive quarters of same store sales growth (although that growth has slowed).
There were no less than thirteen applicants for this office.
There was thirteen men there—they was the watch on deck of course.
This was the case in a girl thirteen years of age who died of tuberculosis.
It is only thirteen leagues distant from the eastern cape of Siberia.
At the age of thirteen while out with a party of men on a hunting and fishing trip, I killed my first bear.
early 15c., metathesis of Old English þreotene (Mercian), þreotiene (West Saxon), from þreo "three" (see three) + -tene (see -teen). Cf. Old Frisian thretten, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn.
Not an unlucky number in medieval England, but associated rather with the customary "extra item" (e.g. baker's dozen). Superstitions began with association with the Last Supper, and the unluckiness of 13 sitting down together to dine (attested from 1690s). Most of the modern superstitions (buildings with floor "12-A," etc.) have developed since 1890.
