|
|
Definition of Two dozen
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Two Dozen
Literary usage of Two dozen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"... but when we deal with children we won't have to study and learn and discuss,
if you please, two dozen things at once. Then we wonder why we fail. ..."
2. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1878)
"... one dozen and one half-doz. old ones, nineteen towels, five damask table
cloaths, six diaper table cloaths, two dozen and two damask ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"They hold from one to two dozen plates, and by means of a special arrangement
each plate can be conveyed to or removed from tho dark slide without exposure ..."
4. Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of by Henry Frank Eshleman (1917)
"... for that the information aforesaid is Five copper stills, two dozen scissors, '
altogether uncertain and illegal, one packet of sleeve buttons and, ..."
5. The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn: The Black Books by Lincoln's Inn (London, England), Ronald Roxburgh, William Paley Baildon, James Douglas Walker (1902)
"One dozen threaded table spoons, and two dozen plain table spoons. two dozen gilt
tea spoons. Two large gilt flagons. Two large gilt chalices. ..."
6. A History of the Massachusetts General Hospital to August 5, 1851 by Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch (1872)
"More than two dozen pamphlets have appeared on the subject, which, collected
together (as they have been in the Boston Library), fill three respectably- ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Roger Meeson, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1847)
"... payment into ^two dozen court . At the trial, before the Secondary of London,
it °f sherry, with appeared that the action was brought to recover the sum ..."
Other Resources:
