(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Tiny balls or strands of multicoloured sugar, sprinkled over ice cream, desserts or party foods.
I predict that hundreds and thousands of mailed ballots, get lost or have suspicious fires where they are kept
or at LEAST accent differences and local differences, like how “cunt” is not a particularly rude thing to say in Australia but in America it’s a very strong curse word. or how in the UK sprinkles are called “hundreds…
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Tiny balls or strands of multicoloured sugar, sprinkled over ice cream, desserts or party foods.
: I myself have seen in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi, hundreds and thousands of women and children fleeing from your armies and desperadoes, hungry, and with bleeding feet.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Australia, NZ) A snack made of buttered bread sprinkled with hundreds and thousands.
(UK, Ireland, ) Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.
(US, Canada) Melted sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.
candy sprinkles (regional).
“or at LEAST accent differences and local differences, like how “cunt” is not a particularly rude thing to say in Australia but in America it’s a very strong curse word. or how in the UK sprinkles are called “hundreds and thousands.””
An indefinite but emphatically large number.
“I predict that hundreds and thousands of mailed ballots, get lost or have suspicious fires where they are kept”