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dozens en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of dozen
    form of dozen
  2. (plural, plural-only, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, usually, with-definite-article) A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
    • […] black communities, this “snap” or example of the “dozens” (the clever form of insult also known as signifying and dissin') appears: “Your father's so black that when he falls down, people hop over him for fear of falling in.” 2013, Lewis R. Gordon, Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought, page 34:

Hyponyms

dirty dozens