English Explanatory Dictionary

short dozen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ten.
  2. Eleven.

Word forms

short dozen short dozens

Etymology

For the sense "ten", compare the relationship of one "short hundred" (100) to one "long hundred" (120). For the sense "eleven", contrast a "long dozen" (13).

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