by the dozen

1. Also,. According to a definite quantity, as in She's buying tapes by the dozen. This usage is generally employed for some kind of rate. A 1950 film about efficiency expert Frank Gilbreth and his family was entitled Cheaper by the Dozen. [c. 1300]

Example Sentences

Some of it is bought from defence contractors and commercial producers, other gear is specially assembled by the dozen research groups working at Cochstedt.

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He did it with speed, superior skills and passing wiles that allowed him to rack up goals by the dozen and helped his teammates do the same.

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The Dreadnaught line was a long, narrow affair: a cold station by the exit door to the parking lot, a double-decker lobster steamer where we’d kill off the one-and-a-half and 2-pounders by the dozen, stacking them up like cordwood before slamming shut the heavy metal doors and turning the wheel, giving them the steam.

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I watched as deportees staggered off the bus by the dozen, the unmistakable waddle of men and women with their arms and legs shackled.

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Cranked out by the dozen, the shows turned their stars into household names across the Arab world.

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