Dozen \Doz"en\ (d[u^]z"'n), n.; pl. Dozen (before another
noun), Dozens (d[u^]z"'nz). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF.
doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo
two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
with or without of before the substantive which follows.
"Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to
your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends."
--Shak.
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2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "dozen":
L, Sexagesima, boxcar, boxcars, duodecimo, eighty, eleven, fifteen,
fifty, five and twenty, fortnight, forty, four and twenty,
fourscore, fourscore and ten, fourteen, half a hundred, long dozen,
ninety, nonagenarian, octogenarian, quindecennial, quindecim,
quindecima, quindene, score, septuagenarian, seventy, sexagenarian,
sexagenary, sexagesimo-quarto, sixteen, sixteenmo, sixty,
sixty-four, sixty-fourmo, teens, thirteen, thirty-two,
thirty-twomo, threescore, threescore and ten, twelve, twelvemo,
twenty, twenty-five, twenty-four, twenty-fourmo, two dozen,
two weeks, twoscore
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens.
[OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze
twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two,
Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
with or without of before the substantive which follows.
``Some six or seven dozen of Scots.'' ``A dozen of shirts
to your back.'' ``A dozen sons.'' ``Half a dozen
friends.'' --Shak.
2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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