"million and one" meaning in English

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Phrase

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  1. Alternative form of thousand and one. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: thousand and one
    Sense id: en-million_and_one-en-phrase-vK-QWek- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasebook

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          "text": "How many teardrops / Have I cried over you / A million and one / A million and two",
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          "ref": "1987, Linder Pender, “The Partners: Profiting Through Teamwork”, in Cincinnati Magazine, volume 20, number 12, page 39",
          "text": "A million and one reasons why going into business with a friend is doomed to failure.",
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          "ref": "2012, Lee Erwin, edited by Micheal Hix, An American Organist in Paris: The Letters of Lee Orville Erwin, 1930-1931, Scarecrow Press, page 82",
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