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
Basilius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ingemar	ING-e-mahr	Swedish
SnjeŽAna	-	Croatian, Serbian
GrÍMhildr	-	Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian
Madhu	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu
Rowena	[rəu'i:nə]