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Definition

A great many; numerous.

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Origins

From one + hundred + and + one.

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In Context

  • "As a result, we talked – about a hundred and one things."
  • "The company has one hundred and one reasons for keeping Negroes out. The union, too, has one hundred and one reasons."
  • "[T]o offset the massive cost of learning 101 ways to embellish spatchcock, perhaps the readers may need 101 ways to cook two-minute noodles."
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Also Said As

  • one thousand and one