great gross

American  

noun

1. a unit of quantity equivalent to 12 gross. GGR

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great gross British  

noun

1. a unit of quantity equal to one dozen gross (or 1728)

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Etymology

Origin of great gross

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

As a unit of tale, “gross” equals 12 dozen, 144, sometimes known as “small gross,” in contrast with “great gross,” i.e.

From Project Gutenberg

I’m going to get some five and ten cent store silver and a great gross of paper napkins.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole school was grinning uncomfortably, and the Faculty was acting as if it was sitting, individually and collectively, on seventeen great gross of red-hot pins.

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They were, however, soon driven from the market by French manufacturers, who sold a great gross—that is, twelve gross, each of twelve dozen—for the ridiculously small sum of elevenpence.

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He was a great gross man, and his colour came and went on a large over-fed face; so that his uneasiness was obvious.

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