by the dozens

Fig. many; by some fairly large, indefinite number. (Similar to but implying less than hundreds. Compare this with by the dozen.) Just then people began showing up by the dozens. I baked cookies and pies by the dozens for the charity bake sale.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Daniilu	-	Old Church Slavic
Chibuike	-	Western African, Igbo
Khadijeh	-	Persian
FÁTima	-	Portuguese, Spanish
Phil	[fil]
Santo	SAHN-to	Italian