Usually means: Six items or units total.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. half-dozen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. half-dozen, half-dozen: Collins English Dictionary
  3. half-dozen: Vocabulary.com
  4. half-dozen: Wordnik
  5. half-dozen: Wiktionary
  6. half-dozen: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. half-dozen: Dictionary.com
  8. half-dozen: FreeDictionary.org
  9. half-dozen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. half-dozen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. half-dozen: Encyclopedia

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  1. half-dozen: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Half-dozen)

noun:  Alternative spelling of half dozen [A set of six.]

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