Talk:dozen

What about merging defs 1 and 2 (twelve, about twelve) ? --Slord 21:33, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Determiner or adjective

Determiner (preceded by a or a numeral): 
a.) (a group of) twelve: two dozen oranges
b.) (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) There are at least a dozen who haven't arrived yet
Collins Concise English Dictionary

Adjective: containing 12 parts.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary 

--Backinstadiums (talk) 10:41, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Plural?

There’s, as an invariable formula regardless of number is often found but is only acceptable informally: there’s half a dozen small, smart details. --Backinstadiums (talk) 21:49, 10 March 2021 (UTC)