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million and one en · X

Meanings

1. Synonym of thousand and one.
   • There is absolutely no end to the things that one can hear and see in Paris—and I have a million and one things that I want to see before I have to leave. 1930, Lee Orville Erwin, “The Letters of Lee Orville Erwin to Mary Shaver Erwin: June 1930 to May 1931”, in Michael Thomas Hix, editor, An American Organist in Paris: The Letters of Lee Orville Erwin, 1930–1931, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 82:
   • A million and one reasons why going into business with a friend is doomed to failure. 1987, Linder Pender, “The Partners: Profiting Through Teamwork”, in Cincinnati Magazine, volume 20, number 12, page 39:
   • How many teardrops / Have I cried over you / A million and one / A million and two 1966, “A Million and One”, Yvonne Devaney (lyrics), performed by Billy Walker:

Synonyms

thousand and one