Dirty Dozen

proper noun

The twelve rookies who made the Dallas Cowboys team in 1975.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Dirty Dozen
  1. Any of certain groups of twelve people.
    1. American footballThe twelve rookies who made the Dallas Cowboys team in 1975.
    2. A team of twelve IBM employees, formed in 1980, who created the first IBM PC in 1981.
    3. ball gamesThe United States' men's basketball team (which consists of twelve players) at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
    4. Saddam Hussein and eleven others who carried out his orders.
  2. cyclingA one-day road cycling race founded in 1983 (which originally featured twelve hills, but since 1988 has typically featured a baker's dozen of thirteen hills), held annually in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  3. aeronauticsThe twelve most common aircraft problems, resulting from human error, that may lead to accidents etc.
  4. The twelve species of fruits and vegetables that are declared the most likely to be contaminated by pesticides over the last year.
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APA

Dirty Dozen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dirty%20Dozen

MLA

“Dirty Dozen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dirty%20Dozen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dirty Dozen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dirty%20Dozen.

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