Definition of Half dozen

1. Adjective. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.

Exact synonyms: 6, Half-dozen, Six, Vi
Similar to: Cardinal

Definition of Half dozen

1. Noun. A set of six. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Dozen

half brother
half brother-in-law
half brothers
half brothers-in-law
half cadence
half cadences
half cell
half cells
half cousin
half cross stitch
half crown
half cut
half cystine
half dollar
half door
half dozen (current term)
half eagle
half forward
half gainer
half glove
half gross
half hatchet
half hitch
half hitches
half life
half lit
half marathon
half marathons
half mask
half measure

Literary usage of Half dozen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"In " Morton's Hope " this defect was so prominent as to enable scores of people, who were incompetent to write any half-dozen of its brilliant paragraphs, ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"... their abject submission to mission rule, enforced as it was at each mission by the pit of two or three priests and only a half-dozen armed soldiers. ..."

3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"For the moment we present the first half-dozen chapters.—DCC A PAGE OF ILLUMINATION IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM SHOWING COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS BETWEEN 1135 ..."

4. The Bookman (1903)
"So he wrecked a half-dozen of them on an island and made new circumstances to make new men not to prove anything that we did Mil. ..."

5. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... solid merit is far above that of any half-dozen of these lilliputian upstarts. And so, betwixt hope and fear, I remain, Your dreadfully agitated WATCH. ..."

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