1. half dozen - Noun
2. half dozen - Adjective Satellite
denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
Source: WordNethalf-dozen
Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near. Fritz Kreisler
Originally one thought that if there were a half dozen large computers in this country, hidden away in research laboratories, this would take care of all requirements we had throughout the country. Howard H. Aiken
A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life. Giorgio Morandi
What I intended to do was to burn a half dozen of my books and keep warm, so that I could write my story, but when I looked around for titles to burn, I couldn't find any. William Saroyan
There have only been about a half dozen genuinely important events in the four-billion-year saga of life on Earth: single-celled life, multicelled life, differentiation into plants and animals, movement of animals from water to land, and the advent of mammals and consciousness. Elon Musk
Thanks to you, Gabs, we just figured out a half dozen ways not to rob the Henley. Ally Carter