Dozen
['dʌz(ə)n] or ['dʌzn]
Definition
(pl. ) of Dozen
(n.) A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.
(n.) An indefinite small number.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Twelve.
Edited by Gertrude
Definition
adj. two and ten or twelve.—n. a collection of twelve articles.—adj. Doz′enth.—Baker's dozen Devil's dozen thirteen.
Typist: Merritt
Examples
- Why, I am a boy, sir, to half a dozen old codgers here! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A dozen year,' he told her. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But there's not a dozen men amoong 'em, ma'am—a dozen? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Turning, I saw a dozen black pirates dashing toward us from the melee. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Half a dozen able-bodied men were standing in a line from the well-mouth, holding a rope which passed over the well-roller into the depths below. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He ran his thumbnail around the edge of the box and, opening the lid, handed them to Pablo who took half a dozen. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The house had stood on a tottering base for a dozen years; and at last, in the shock of the French Revolution, it had rushed down a total ruin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Half a dozen gentlemen of her friends stood about her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Now, if 't hadn't been for me today, she'd a been took a dozen times. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There's stabling in this place for a dozen horses; and unless Nickits is belied, he kept the full number. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A dozen lesser therns confronted us from a large doorway at the opposite end of the storeroom from which we had entered. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And furthermore, that in practically every case the actual patented invention followed from one to a dozen or more gradually developing forms of the same idea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I have not been in town half-a-dozen hours, and those I have been dozing and grumbling away at the play. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I must kiss the hand,' said she, 'that has worked in this fine factory for a dozen year! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Dozens of photographs of this sort, and all inscribed in this manner, were completed before I left Cumberland, and hundreds more remain to be done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The maids do their work very well, and I think we shall be able to send back some dozens of the rings. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- There were hundreds of baronets in England, and dozens of landowners in Hampshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That a young woman, with dozens of nice walks to choose from, and company to go with her, if she only said Come! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I don't want dozens of people who are not at all worthy of Ladybird, to come here looking after her, said Miss Pross. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was almost crying, and scattered the buds about by dozens. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- You have seen it on dozens of girls, and you never found out that it was pretty till now--stupide! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then he showed me dozens of them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dozens of eager faces pressed about me--dozens of eager arms parted the crowd. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I have seen it dozens of times, and it's always as new to me as if I had never seen it before! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There's plenty of room for dozens inside, and splendid grounds outside. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Younger and plainer girls had been married off by dozens, and she was nine-and-twenty, and still Miss Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Typed by Clarissa