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
Nkiruka	-	Western African, Igbo
Manuele	mah-NWE-le	Italian
Amour	-	French
London	LUN-dən	English (Modern)
Shizuka	shee-zoo-kah	Japanese
Egan	['i:gən]