English

Numeral

half a dozen

1. Six (6).
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:

     Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

Synonyms

• half dozen

Derived terms

• six of one, half a dozen of the other

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