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English
Etymology
From Middle English throttene, þreottene, from Old English þrēottȳne, þrēotīne, þrēotīene. More at thirteen.
Numeral
throtteen
- (dialect) Thirteen.
1848, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Lancashire Witches:"Mary Baldwyn, daughter of Richard Baldwyn of Rough Lee, aged—How old was she, sexton?" "Throtteen," replied the man
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