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ten British & World English

equivalent to the product of five and two; one more than nine; 10

x in ten British & World English

equivalent to the product of five and two; one more than nine; 10

top ten or twenty etc. in top1 British & World English

the first ten (or twenty etc.) records in the pop music charts

hang ten in hang British & World English

ride a surfboard with all ten toes curled over the board’s front edge

Number Ten British & World English

10 Downing Street, the official London home of the British Prime Minister

ten-gallon hat British & World English

a large broad-brimmed hat, traditionally worn by cowboys

ten-week stock British & World English

a stock of a fast-maturing variety which can be made to bloom ten weeks after sowing, widely grown as a bedding plant

ten-minute rule British & World English

a rule of the House of Commons allowing brief discussion of a motion to introduce a bill, each speech being limited to ten minutes

Ten Commandments British & World English

(in the Bible) the divine rules of conduct given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, according to Exod. 20:1-17

be two or ten a penny in penny British & World English

be plentiful and consequently of little value

tenpin British & World English

a skittle used in tenpin bowling

tenfold British & World English

ten times as great or as numerous

five-and-ten in five-and-dime (also five-and-dime store or five-and-ten) British & World English

a shop selling a wide variety of inexpensive household and personal goods

five-and-dime (also five-and-dime store or five-and-ten) British & World English

a shop selling a wide variety of inexpensive household and personal goods

Ten Lost Tribes of Israel in Lost Tribes (also Ten Lost Tribes of Israel) British & World English

the ten tribes of Israel taken away circa 720 bc by Sargon II to captivity in Assyria (2 Kings 17:6), from which they are believed never to have returned, while the tribes of Benjamin and Judah remained