Forty-two boxes
42
Recorded
The Baker’s luggage in The Hunting of the Snark
EngravingHenry HolidayPublic domain
“He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed… They were all left behind on the beach.”
What it supports
A second Carroll 42 (1876). Often noted that Carroll was forty-two when he wrote the line.
What it does not
The age correspondence is a biography, not a cause.
ExactnessAuthored use
Form42
Unitcount
Strengthhard
When1876