half-dozen
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denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
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Indeed he had enough to do, to run his eye backward and forward along the half-dozen men who immediately fronted him, and settle hurriedly within himself at which of them he would strike first, when they pressed on him.
More than a dozen times, when bills figuring up into the hundreds of dollars were falling due, I applied to the white men of Tuskegee for small loans, often borrowing small amounts from as many as a half-dozen persons, to meet our obligations.
There was a moment of intense bewilderment, a heavy tramp of footsteps, a violent concussion, a smothered laugh; the half-dozen regiments were half a thousand yards off, and the soles of Mr.
He had hardly uttered the word, when the whole half-dozen regiments levelled their muskets as if they had but one common object, and that object the Pickwickians, and burst forth with the most awful and tremendous discharge that ever shook the earth to its centres, or an elderly gentleman off his.
The half-dozen who were peering at the chain were still among the wheels, like sheep; the wheels turned so suddenly that they were lucky to save their skins and bones; they had very little else to save, or they might not have been so fortunate.
The native warriors filed out, and with them a half-dozen white men.
I had covered some hundred yards from shore when it became evident that my pursuer must grasp the stern of the skiff within the next half-dozen strokes.
I may not have strength enough, in the case supposed, to betray you by making a complete confession with my own lips; but I can employ my last breath to speak the half-dozen words which will tell the doctor where he is to look.
Carbon Express is now offering its Maxima RED ($89.99, halfdozen fletched/$164.99, dozen bare shafts) and Maxima RED SD arrows ($99.99, half-dozen fletched/$184.99, dozen bare shafts) in Badlands Approach camo pattern.
In the subsequent half-dozen contests, however, Villa have secured a point on four occasions, a trend which suggests that backing Skybet's 7/2 for Saturday's contest to end all-square could pay off.
"I could see two men with "I could see two men with their heads out the window, their heads out the window, shouting, and a half-dozen shouting, and a half-dozen police officers standing police officers standing below." below."
Chris Norwood, marketing the property for NAI Norwood Group in Bedford, told the Eagle-Tribune a dozen to 15 parties have expressed an interest, although only about a half-dozen have serious interest.
To my right (saw a half-dozen snook, 5-to 10-pound fish.
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