Its a misquotation of "Ninteen to the dozen"
Oh, dude, a dozen is like 12 of something. So, if you're talking about a dozen eggs, that's 12 eggs. If you're talking about a dozen donuts, that's 12 donuts. Basically, a dozen is just a fancy way of saying 12 of whatever you're counting.
A dozen is twelve. 9 x 12 = 108
A gross is twelve dozen, that is, 144 units.
It means six lots of one dozen.
I'm assuming you mean "Baker's Dozen". Unlike a normal "Dozen" (which has 12 items), a baker's dozen contains 13 items. Hope this helps!
The correct phrase is "Ninteen to the Dozen" and is often misquoted as "Ten to the dozen" which of course makes no sense as 10 is less than a dozen.
Ten dozen
If your talking about "quite a few apples" you might mean a dozen or so.If your talking about "quite a few of the stars in our universe" you probably mean a few trillion or so. Or when you start slurring.
In the 10 Numbers Roulette System this type of betting is used - you will place ten chips on the first dozen and ten chips on the second dozen. You will place the remaining ten chips on the numbers from the last dozen.
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A dozen dozen is twelve dozen or twelve twelves or 144. This is also known as a gross.
Talking 19 to the dozen
Oh, dude, a dozen is like 12 of something. So, if you're talking about a dozen eggs, that's 12 eggs. If you're talking about a dozen donuts, that's 12 donuts. Basically, a dozen is just a fancy way of saying 12 of whatever you're counting.
So you can sell a half dozen (6), a third of a dozen (4) or a quarter of a dozen (3).
The correct phrase is "Ninteen to the Dozen" and is often misquoted as "Ten to the dozen" which of course makes no sense as 10 is less than a dozen.
For ten items, you use the phrase 'ten items'.
Ten is 'dix' in French. A ten of something (like you would say a dozen of sth) is 'une dizaine'.