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half-dozen
[half-duhz-uhn, hahf-]
noun
one half of a dozen; six.
adjective
considering six as a unit; consisting of six.
half-dozen
determiner
(preceded by a)
six or a group of six
a half-dozen roses
( as pronoun; functioning as singular or plural )
at least a half-dozen
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of half-dozen1
Example Sentences
Besides Akram, about a half-dozen owners or employees of businesses in the area told The Times that their sales had dropped by about 50% in the last week.
California is among more than a half-dozen states that were included on the list for self-identifying as sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants.
Over the course of the movie, he’s nearly murdered a half-dozen times by bullets, bombs, poison gas and a good old-fashioned clobbering.
A half-dozen senior scientists interviewed for this article said that neither they nor anyone they knew of had been consulted.
A third canister of gas appeared to do the trick, with the woman exiting the vehicle where she was met by about a half-dozen police officers.
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