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I especially loved the threepenny bit for its dodecagonal - 12-sided - weirdness, its brass and nickel sallow yellow gleam and the crowned portcullis on its back.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2010

In the centre of it stands an ancient fountain of a dodecagonal form.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E