He showed us around the house while 'talking nineteen to the dozen'. [=('US') 'talking a blue streak']
People entered the park 'by/in the dozens'. [=large groups of people entered the park]
We'll need a couple 'dozen' hot dogs for the party. [=we will need about 24 hot dogs]
(..) The machine simply does not operate as expected. - It requires further examination. - So where did my top hat go? Nowhere. We tried the damn thing a dozen times. The hat went nowhere. We need to try different material. It may provoke a different result. Great. You are responsible for whatever (..)2006 The Prestige