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by the dozen

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
by the -dozen
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Twelve at a time.

adv

In large numbers.

Example Sentences

Questions

What does by the dozen mean?
Twelve at a time.

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