short dozen

noun

Etymology

For the sense "ten", compare the relationship of one "short hundred" (100) to one "long hundred" (120). For the sense "eleven", contrast a "long dozen" (13).

Definitions

1
Ten.
- Speaking of marketing, Willard, along with apparently many standard growers across the country, recently went to the "short dozen" mum count. He packs ten flowers, not twelve, markets them at the same price as the old dozen.
2
Eleven.
- Our short dozen of Aristophanic dramas may be taken to represent the fittest among the hundreds of other comedies which have perished.
- Mrs. Van Slyke has chosen as her special field of interest the Syrian quarter of Brooklyn, and the result of her observations she has given us in a short dozen of stories, grouped under the title, Eve's Other Children.
- Written on the Wind is a terrifying book, at least for a reviewer, because it consists of a short dozen (eleven) of personal […]

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