half dozen
See also: half-dozen
English
Noun
half dozen (plural half dozens)
- A set of six.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess:
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
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Alternative forms
- half-dozen
Synonyms
- half a dozen
Derived terms
- baker's half dozen
Translations
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