half a dozen

English

Numeral

half a dozen

Six (6); often used approximatively.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
  Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

Synonyms

half dozen

Derived terms

six of one, half a dozen of the other

Translations

six

Catalan: mitja dotzena f
Finnish: puoli tusinaa
French: demi-douzaine (fr) f

Malay: setengah dozen
Portuguese: meia dúzia, meia (pt)

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