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by the dozen

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by the dozen
if something is being produced by the dozen, large numbers of that thing are being produced. The government is producing new policies by the dozen.
See also: dozen


by the dozen
in large numbers. He would sit all day in the dark watching videos by the dozen.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of by the dozen (= in groups of twelve)
See also: dozen

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In the midst of them, the hangman, ever busy and ever worse than useless, was in constant requisition; now, stringing up long rows of miscellaneous criminals; now, hanging a housebreaker on Saturday who had been taken on Tuesday; now, burning people in the hand at Newgate by the dozen, and now burning pamphlets at the door of Westminster Hall; to-day, taking the life of an atrocious murderer, and to-morrow of a wretched pilferer who had robbed a farmer's boy of sixpence.
And is that exceedingly commonplace incident any reason why he should send us longstemmed roses by the dozen, with a very sentimental rhyme?
She rushed full gallop through her changes of character, her songs, and her dialogue; making mistakes by the dozen, and never stopping to set them right; carrying the people along with her in a perfect whirlwind, and never waiting for the applause.
 
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