half dozen

See also: half-dozen

English

Noun

half dozen (plural half dozens)

1. A set of six.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

Alternative forms

• half-dozen

Synonyms

• half a dozen

Derived terms

• baker's half dozen

Translations

6

• Czech: půltucet (cs) m
• Esperanto: duondekduo
• French: demi-douzaine (fr) f
• Manx: lieh-ghussan
• Portuguese: meia dúzia (pt) f
• Swedish: halvdussin (sv) n