English

Noun

half dozen ‎(plural half dozens)

1. 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.

Alternative forms

• half-dozen

Synonyms

• half a dozen

Derived terms

• baker's half dozen

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