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half-dozen

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half-dozen
determiner
(preceded by a)
a.  six or a group of six a half-dozen roses
b.  (as pronoun; functioning as singular or plural) at least a half-dozen
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Adj.1.half-dozenhalf-dozen - denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
6, half dozen, six, vi
cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"
Translations
half-dozen [ˈhɑːfˈdʌzn] N → media docena f


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Straight up to the main entrance he walked, laid his hand upon the knob of the heavy iron door, pushed it open without command, entered and found himself in the presence of a half-dozen armed men.
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Its crew of a half-dozen red warriors watched the lights of the patrol boat diminishing in the distance.
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One evening a half-dozen men of whom I was one were sitting in the library of the Bohemian Club in San Francisco.
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