Definitions for half a dozen
half a dozen

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1. six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexadnoun

   the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

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1. half a dozen

   Half a dozen generally refers to the quantity of six, as a dozen is typically defined as twelve.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of half a dozen in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of half a dozen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of half a dozen in a Sentence

1. Sir Winston Churchill:

   It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear; about two, nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.

2. Brian Howard:

   Let's say you want to know what people in Kenya think about their government's performance -- with half a dozen clicks of your mouse, you can find out. Our data is a public good -- we want people to use it -- that's the whole point of doing the surveys.

3. Michael Cohen:

   I was asked to go to Russia on almost a dozen or half a dozen occasions, i was asked to bring Mr. Trump to Russia. I want to be very clear about this. I never went. I never agreed to go. I never filed for a visa. I never booked a plane ticket. I never booked a hotel. I never intended to go unless there was a deal that had been consummated.

4. Bruce Billings:

   I normally have 15 to 20 dogs for day care, but that's down to half a dozen; people can't get here.

5. Rikki Klieman:

   I passionately wanted to do these stories, and I became even more passionate about telling these stories at a time when the discourse, the debate about policing in America, has taken a sharp turn, police are being defined by a half a dozen incidents instead of being defined by the people that they really are.

References

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