twelve

noun

A group of twelve items.

(law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).

A twelve-bore gun.

(slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.

(military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).

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