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
Shakir	-	Arabic
Terrie	TER-ee	English
Hadad	-	Near Eastern Mythology
AnasztÁZia	-	Hungarian
Dan (2)	DAN (English), DAHN (Romanian, Czech, Swedish)	English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, German, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Dale	DAY-əl, DAYL	English