half-dozen
one half of a dozen; six.
considering six as a unit; consisting of six.
Origin of half-dozen
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How to use half-dozen in a sentence
The Democratic Party is defending more than a half-dozen seats on Republican-friendly turf.
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I tried a half-dozen other representatives, none who could remedy the blunder, all who cited different reasons for the occurrence.
I wrote at least a half-dozen articles myself; each, as I remember, had a distinct conservation theme.
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 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yet, somehow, I felt that if I could but get a half-dozen men to take a firm stand with me, I might hold the rioters in check.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert ParkerFor one hour a half-dozen guards went over the tracks looking for bombs and then they came into our coupé looking for spies.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianIt was covered with iron five or six inches thick, and carried a half-dozen big guns.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousCicero had considerable libraries not only in his house at Rome, but also at every one of his half-dozen country seats.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonHe glanced swiftly at the half-dozen wives present, but their expressions showed no jealousy.
The Envoy, Her | Horace Brown Fyfe
British Dictionary definitions for half-dozen
(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
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