by the thousand

by the thousand

In huge quantities, presumably numbering several thousand. When the potato famine hit Ireland, the Irish began emigrating by the thousand.

See also: thousand

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Ha-Jun		hah-joon	Korean
Pierre		[pi(:)'ɛə]
Lorna		LAWR-nə	English
Eszti		ES-tee	Hungarian
Nino (1)		-	Italian
Argider		-	Basque

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