half dozen

idiom

: six
a half dozen eggs

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Individual showcases, which feature at least a half dozen comics each, take place at Junkyard Social, Dairy Arts Center, The End Lafayette and Louisville Underground. John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 June 2025 Marchand now has six goals in this Cup Final series, the first player to hit a half dozen in a Stanley Cup Final series since Esa Tikkanen in 1988. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025 At least a half dozen presidents have taken actions to reduce the size of national monuments, according to an analysis by Monica Hubbard, a professor at Boise State University, and Erika Allen Wolters, an assistant professor at Oregon State University. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 13 June 2025 Johnson made his latest escape Thursday night from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, which has a history of jailbreaks involving a half dozen inmates in recent years, the sheriff's office said. CBS News, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for half dozen

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“Half dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20dozen. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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