What does million and one mean?

million and one

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.30 in modern English

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"There is absolutely no end to the things that one can hear and see in Paris—and I have a million and one things that I want to see before I have to leave."
"How many teardrops / Have I cried over you / A million and one / A million and two"
"A million and one reasons why going into business with a friend is doomed to failure."

thousand and one

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