“A dozen eggs is 20.”
Usage Entry 1330 / 1350 60-second read
Dozen vs. Score
12 versus 20.
The comparisoni
“A dozen eggs is 12. A score is 20 ("four score and seven years ago" = 87).”
The ruleii
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DOZEN = 12. SCORE = 20.
DOZEN is 12 — eggs, roses, doughnuts. SCORE is 20 — an older counting unit, familiar from "four score and seven years ago" (Lincoln: 87). A GROSS is 12 dozen (144). These archaic counting words persist in idioms.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Dozen 12. Score 20.