half-dozenhalf-a-dozenn.

The half of a dozen; six (or about six). Const.: see dozen n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > six persons, things, etc.

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six1796

1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes of Elphin vi, Some half-dozen..forgers.

1853 Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. i. 7 Pointing out a half dozen of people in the room.

1865 Derby Mercury 15 Feb. I..might have laid hold of some half-dozen at least.

1898 N.E.D. at Half-dozen, Mod. Would you like another half-dozen?

b.c1401 Jack Upland in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 69 The cloith of oo man Myȝte hele half a doseyne.1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 46 Halfe a dosen sponys.a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccles. Mem. (1721) III. App. xlv. 133 Halfe a Dossen of grene Salletts.1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 12 He offered unto me halfe a dozen of Spanish pistols.1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 80 Halfe a dozen Hollanders leapt into the boat after him.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶5 Half a dozen of my select Friends.1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain 145 We came suddenly upon half-a-dozen fellows, armed with muskets.

Derivatives

half-dozenth adj. colloq. sixth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [adjective] > sixth

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half-dozenth1840

1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 264 Every half-dozenth window might be a loophole.

1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 9 665 The first or second or half-dozenth attempt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2015).

单词	half-dozen
释义	half-dozenhalf-a-dozenn. The half of a dozen; six (or about six). Const.: see dozen n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [noun] > six persons, things, etc. half-dozenc1401 six1796 a. 1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes of Elphin vi, Some half-dozen..forgers. 1853 Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. i. 7 Pointing out a half dozen of people in the room. 1865 Derby Mercury 15 Feb. I..might have laid hold of some half-dozen at least. 1898 N.E.D. at Half-dozen, Mod. Would you like another half-dozen? b.c1401 Jack Upland in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 69 The cloith of oo man Myȝte hele half a doseyne.1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 46 Halfe a dosen sponys.a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccles. Mem. (1721) III. App. xlv. 133 Halfe a Dossen of grene Salletts.1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 12 He offered unto me halfe a dozen of Spanish pistols.1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 80 Halfe a dozen Hollanders leapt into the boat after him.1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶5 Half a dozen of my select Friends.1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain 145 We came suddenly upon half-a-dozen fellows, armed with muskets. Derivatives half-dozenth adj. colloq. sixth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > six > [adjective] > sixth sixthc893 sixc1385 half-dozenth1840 1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 264 Every half-dozenth window might be a loophole. 1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 9 665 The first or second or half-dozenth attempt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2015). < n.c1401
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