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dozens

noun B1
  1. A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults.
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Oh, I’ve dozens of plans, Marilla.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 323 · C1
Of course I have other reasons for thinking so—dozens of exiguous threads which lead vaguely up towards the centre of the web where the poisonous, motionless creature is lurking.
The Valley of Fear, p. 15 · C1
“Because Mercédès is a very fine girl, and fine girls never lack followers; she particularly has them by dozens.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 18 · C1
She was dressed in the sweetest dress of pale-pink organdy, with dozens of frills and elbow sleeves, and she looked just like a seraph.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 171 · C1

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