Dozen
Dozen (duz"'n) , noun
[Old English doseine, dosein, Old French doseine, French douzaine, from douze twelve, from Latin duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and compare 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.
2.
An indefinite small number. — Milton
Collocations (1)
A baker's dozen , thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.