From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhalf a dozenhalf a dozena) HMNsix half a dozen eggs b) LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa small number of people or things There were half a dozen other people in front of me. → half
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half a dozen• Sunday night he was wild on at least a half dozen.• Customer-driven systems also allow individuals to meet their needs in a holistic way, without applying to half a dozen different programs.• He found half a dozen fishermen seated under the palm trees at the foot of the Co-operative quay.• I still do half a dozen or so of these scarlet cross-overs a year, to this day.• Inside the cafe there were half a dozen other people.• Perhaps half a dozen were Hispanic, and the rest, black.• About half a dozen women and children had appeared and were standing, holding hands, watching me. 