one thousand and one

one thousand and one

English

Noun

one thousand and one (uncountable)

1. The figure 1,001.
2. A great many; numerous.
   • 1907, League of Iowa Municipalities, Midland Municipalities, p. 10:

     But poor fool, he did not know until that minute that there were one thousand and one reasons why a new building should not be assessed so much as an old one.

   • 1980, Pauline Hunt, Gender and Class Consciousness, p. 27:

     The same as me, when I learnt the trade (in the pottery industry) there were one thousand and one things that seemed insignificant in that job, but they all amounted into one big thing.

   • 2000, James Vadackumchery, Police, Women and Gender Justice, p. 71:

     The women have one thousand and one reasons/causes/factors /justifications for their indulgence in immoral traffic or prostitution.