Half-a-dozen
num
num ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Numeral
- 1 Alternative form of half a dozen. alt-of, alternative
"[P]ray, step down to the cellar and fetch us a bottle of the Burgundy, 1678—it is the fourth bin from the right-hand turn—And I say, Craigie—you may fetch up half-a-dozen whilst you are about it—Egad, we'll make a night on't."
Example
More examples"You guys seem to think your proposal is far and away the best, but as far as I'm concerned it's all six of one and half-a-dozen of the other."
More for "half-a-dozen"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.