throtteen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English throttene, þreottene, from Old English þrēottȳne, þrēotīne, þrēotīene. More at thirteen.
Numeral[edit]
throtteen
- (dialect) Thirteen.
- 1848, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Lancashire Witches[1]:
- "Mary Baldwyn, daughter of Richard Baldwyn of Rough Lee, aged—How old was she, sexton?" "Throtteen," replied the man
References[edit]
- “throtteen” in the Lancashire dialect, John Collier, 1822
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- en:Thirteen