Meanings
- uncountableA great many; numerous.
The women have one thousand and one reasons/causes/factors /justifications for their indulgence in immoral traffic or prostitution.
2000, James Vadackumchery, Police, Women and Gender Justice, page 712 more examples
But poor fool, he did not know until that minute that there were one thousand and one reasons why a new building should not be assessed so much as an old one.
1907, League of Iowa Municipalities, Midland Municipalities, page 10The same as me, when I learnt the trade (in the pottery industry) there were one thousand and one things that seemed insignificant in that job, but they all amounted into one big thing.
1980, Pauline Hunt, Gender and Class Consciousness, page 27Synonyms: one hundred and one
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA great many; numerous.
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one thousand and one. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20thousand%20and%20one
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