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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}. [OE. doseine, dosein OF doseine, F. douzaine fr douze twelve, fr L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten See {Two}, {Ten}, and cf {Duodecimal}.] 1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. ``Some six or seven dozen of Scots.'' ``A dozen of shirts to your back.'' ``A dozen sons.'' ``Half a dozen friends.'' --Shak. 2. An indefinite small number. --Milton. {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dozen adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: {twelve}, {12}, {xii}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: {twelve}, {12}, {XII}]
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