half a dozen

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half a dozen

number half-a-dozen

Six (6); often used approximatively. Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”
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num six

Português	meia dúzia, meia
Français	demi-douzaine
Deutsch	halbes Dutzend
Русский	полдю́жины poldjúžiny

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@misc{half_a_dozen_2026,
  title = {half a dozen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/half%20a%20dozen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}