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
Lise	LEE-se (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), LEES (English), LEEZ (English)	French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Olympias	-	Ancient Greek
Salman	-	Arabic
Firuza	-	Azerbaijani, Tajik, Uzbek
Harland	['ha:lənd]
Gustavs	-	Latvian