half a dozen

alternative half-a-dozen

1. Six (6); often used approximatively.

   Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”

   1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings

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   The good news is that £800 million is allocated to new rolling stock, £200m for stations (including six new ones), and a further £736m to transform the Valley Lines, a network of half-a-dozen services that run up the valleys from Cardiff.

   2019 December 18, Christian Wolmar, “Overdue investment and a better deal for Welsh railways”, in Rail, page 54

2. bingosix

   Synonyms: half dozen