[Ads-l] dirty dozen

[Jonathan Lighter]

A group of a dozen disreputable or despicable people. Often joc.

1865 _Sydney Morning Herald_ (May 23) 3 [Newspapers.com]: A dirty dozen of
you porpoises.

1870 _Daily Rocky Mountain Gazette_ (Helena, Mon.)  (July 9) 1
[Newspapers.com]:  It was the sublime impudence of that "Dirty Dozen" which
culminated in the introduction of...the Cullom Bill.

Etc., etc.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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