twelve
noun
a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
twelves
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pluralof twelve.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We need to think about the world in terms of twelves!
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019
Six seeds are 86-50 against the elevens, fives are 89-47 against twelves, and once you get to fours vs. thirteens, you're in never gonna happen territory.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 18, 2019
Your teacher chants, “Twelve twelves, a hundred thirty-four.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2012
Constellation, the other new twelve, comes from Olin Stephens, 56, who has already designed two of the world's fastest twelves, Vim and Columbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Twelve twelves are a hundred and forty-four,” Little Britches pointed out.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
