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million and one

million and one phrase: synonym of thousand and one.

Phrase

million and one

  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...
    • How many teardrops / Have I cried over you / A million and one / A million and two1966, “A Million and One”, Yvonne Devaney (lyrics), performed by Billy Walker

Synonyms of million and one

Questions about million and one

What does million and one mean?
Million and one means synonym of thousand and one.
What part of speech is million and one?
Million and one is a phrase.

Words near million and one in the dictionary

  1. milliohm
  2. milliohmmeter
  3. milliohmmeters
  4. milliohms
  5. million
  6. million and one
  7. million cities
  8. million city
  9. million dollar question
  10. million dollar questions
  11. million million

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