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half_a_dozen
has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ adjective ] denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
Synonyms Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)`` But when I arrived and recognised a number of notorious characters I had thrown into the detective bureau basement half_a_dozen times , I knew I had been framed , and withdrew almost at_once '' . (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)How in the world had he formerly found time to build_up a business , raise a family , be on half_a_dozen boards , work actively on committees and either go_out in the evening or plow through the contents of a bulging brief_case ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)Stevens was grunting over the last empty pocket when Russ abruptly rose and lunged toward Carmer 's hat , which had tumbled half-a-dozen feet away when he first fell . Related terms |
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