"dirty dozens" meaning in All languages combined

See dirty dozens on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dirty dozens.wav Forms: the dirty dozens [canonical, plural]
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  1. (African-American Vernacular) A version of the dozens (game of exchanging insults) in which the insults are explicitly obscene and often sexual. Tags: plural, plural-only Related terms: Dirty Dozen
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