dozens

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dozens

noun

plural plural of dozen

noun

plural, plural only, usually, with definite article A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults. […] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.”

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Closest in meaning: oodles, tons, lashings, lots, loads, heaps, piles, stacks, gobs, rafts, scads, scores, slews, wads, ten, tens

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@misc{dozens_2026,
  title = {dozens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dozens},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}