Dozens

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dozens
       n : a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she
           amassed a mountain of newspapers" [syn: {tons}, {heaps},
           {lots}, {mountain}, {piles}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads},
            {rafts}, {slews}, {wads}, {oodles}, {gobs}, {scads}, {lashings}]