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[ half-duhz-uhn, hahf- ] / ˈhælfˈdʌz ən, ˈhɑf- /
nounone half of a dozen; six. adjectiveconsidering six as a unit; consisting of six. Origin of half-dozenlate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425 Words nearby half-dozenhalf-deserted, half-digested, half dime, half dollar, half-done, half-dozen, half-dressed, half-drowned, half-drunk, half-duplex, half eagle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for half-dozenThe Democratic Party is defending more than a half-dozen seats on Republican-friendly turf. Dark Money Will Decide Which Party Controls the Senate|Center for Public Integrity|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST However, astronomers have only identified a half-dozen or so IMBH candidates, and some of those claims are controversial. The Goldilocks of Black Holes|Matthew R. Francis|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST I tried a half-dozen other representatives, none who could remedy the blunder, all who cited different reasons for the occurrence. Where Cellphone Numbers Go to Die|Jon Methven|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I wrote at least a half-dozen articles myself; each, as I remember, had a distinct conservation theme. American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad|Doug Peacock|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By 2013, his third year in congress, he had appeared on Meet the Press a half-dozen times. Is This Tea Partier’s Bid to Become House Majority Leader Crazy? Cunning? Or a Bit of Both?|Michael Ames|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Long ago in comparative youth she had disappeared for a half-dozen years. An Isle in the Water|Katharine Tynan That draper's shop was not the place for a scene, with a half-dozen clerks to enjoy it. Kent Knowles: Quahaug|Joseph C. Lincoln The seismographs at Gifu and Nagoya registered the first half-dozen vibrations, and were then buried beneath the fallen buildings. A Study of Recent Earthquakes|Charles Davison It was the captain of the vessel, with his two officers, and some half-dozen men. The Hero of Panama|F. S. Brereton Across the bay, a half-dozen miles or so, the great mountains stood grim and silent, the tops of many of them wreathed in fog. The Young Alaskans|Emerson Hough
British Dictionary definitions for half-dozen
determiner(preceded by a) - six or a group of sixa half-dozen roses
- (as pronoun; functioning as singular or plural)at least a half-dozen
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