'The measles!' screamed out half-a-dozen together. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
There are half-a-dozen of them here on the pawn-tickets. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
He ran into the playground, and there half-a-dozen voices called. From Wordnik.com. [That Scholarship Boy] Reference
With tea came queensware: and half-a-dozen cups and saucers, usually of. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
Well-timed admonition will make a surer impression than half-a-dozen cats. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The skull is splintered in half-a-dozen places, and the face is torn to rags. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Thebossa novacraze lasted only six years, but oh what a half-a-dozen it wozen!. From Wordnik.com. [My Bossa Nova Years] Reference
Carlo Ancelotti's team would go on to rack up half-a-dozen consecutive victories. From Wordnik.com. [Fulham show leaders of Premier League pack are no longer unassailable] Reference
These two were shot by over half-a-dozen concealed Boers at about twenty yards range. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
For my part, I prefer a man like him to half-a-dozen of those white-faced teetotalers. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Several ducks were scared away by my shots, but I here added half-a-dozen snipe to the bag. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
From Pretoria I have acquired quite a number of books, including half-a-dozen of Stevenson's. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
It was evident that the enemy were in force, and that their guns were some half-a-dozen in number. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Joseph Sass has been working at the Naval shipyard in Norfolk, Va., for more than half-a-dozen years. From Wordnik.com. [Over Worked, Under Paid?] Reference
A German girl, at a florist's, decorated about half-a-dozen of us with red, white and blue buttonholes. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
Troops from half-a-dozen regiments, scattered confusedly in all directions, moved rearwards side by side. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
My wife and I had been invited to dinner with half-a-dozen friends at a fine Italian restaurant in New York. From Wordnik.com. ['An Interior Pain That Is All But Indescribable'] Reference
She produced her book where the names of half-a-dozen were scrawled with a good thick pen and plenty of ink. From Wordnik.com. [Why and How : a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada] Reference
He is now the happy father of half-a-dozen children, and a good many of us would give a trifle for his practice. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Claiming that prime jobs are going to outsiders, residents have picketed half-a-dozen inner-city construction sites. From Wordnik.com. [L.A.: No Mood For Harmony] Reference
He married a deeply religious woman and had half-a-dozen children who were also susceptible to the religious impulse. From Wordnik.com. [Review of 'The Fall of the House of Walworth,' by Geoffrey O'Brien] Reference
ACN will launch half-a-dozen more cybershows over the next 18 months, from made-for-the-Net "PC dramas" to sci-fi shows. From Wordnik.com. [The Net 50] Reference
These trains never hurry: always twist and turn and double back half-a-dozen times in journeyings from one point to another. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
He was particularly attached to parties of half-a-dozen, or more; for in such companions, his talents were always conspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
This morning we advanced about half-a-dozen miles, and pitched our camp here -- Doornkloof is the name of the place, I believe. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
It would be a wonder if he should be cured, with his unfortunate table excesses, which would have killed half-a-dozen healthy men. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
"There are half-a-dozen gentlemen dying to be introduced to Miss Leicester, and you give them no chance, Mr. Elliott," said Emily. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
His children were, however, always numerous, scarcely ever falling below half-a-dozen, and not unfrequently doubling that allowance. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
The title-page was engraved and altered half-a-dozen times, from his singular and even nervous attention to the most trifling details. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
It will thus be seen that with the exception of a very few among the earlier comic draughtsmen, and a half-a-dozen others of our own day. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
The drawing-room door is open, and a stream of ruddy light from half-a-dozen crimson shaded lamps, rushing out, seems to welcome you too. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Hungerford Notable Women Authors of the Day] Reference
There were no blocks which could be taken into sections and distributed among half-a-dozen engravers at once for swift and careful cutting. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
I had hardly unsaddled, however, when the sergeant-major came round and told half-a-dozen of us to saddle up and go out with the two guides. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
Mexico has grown consistently for half-a-dozen years, and its government finances are solid -- its federal budget has been balanced three years running. From Wordnik.com. [How To Save Face--And Trade] Reference
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