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see baker's dozen; by the dozen; daily dozen; dime a dozen; six of one, half dozen of the other.

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Slang a form of verbal play in which the participants exchange witty, ribald taunts and insults, often specif. about each other's mother

often in the phrase play the dozens: used first, and chiefly, by African-Americans

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