twelvemonth
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- twelvemonthly adverb
Etymology
Origin of twelvemonth
Example Sentences
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The other three gain and lose little more than a twelvemonth on him.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2013
A twelvemonth sinceI knew her not at all.Our hearths were crowded thenbut now it is fittingthat one of them bides cold.A fire shared is a fire cheaper by far.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2010
Nay, the Table Round hath more mouthes in this twelvemonth fedd than ever it didde the whiles Kyng Arthur supped him there.
From Time Magazine Archive
Income for the fiscal year is now expected to run ahead of the previous twelvemonth by $1,357,000,000, biggest gains being in income and social security taxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
In another twelvemonth the Cambridge meeting of June 25, 1833, was attended by 900.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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