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dozen
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
Used in print (The New York Times,...)So he wound_up with a dozen . Palmer 's dozen were honestly earned . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Since the concept of high_fidelity became important some dozen years ago , the claims of technical improvements have multiplied tenfold . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)Let us not try to key them out at this stage of the game , and let us just call them Bombus ; there must be several dozen species in the United_States alone . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)Had More 's writings been wholly limited to such exercises , they would be almost as dimly remembered as those of a dozen or_so other authors living in his time , whose works tenuously survive in the minds of the few hundred scholars who each decade in pursuit of their very specialized occasions read those works . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)A dozen cows mooed sadly and regarded us as if we were insane , as perhaps we were at that moment , with the crazy excitement of our first encounter , the yelling and shooting still continuing up at the road , and the thirst of some of the men , which was so great that they waded into the muddy water and scooped_up handfuls of_it . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)However , the litter remained , augmented by several dozen lunchroom suppers . Related terms |
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