The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dozen \Doz"en\ (d[u^]z"'n), n.; pl. Dozen (before another
   noun), Dozens (d[u^]z"'nz). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF.
   doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo
   two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]
   1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve;
      with or without of before the substantive which follows.
      "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to
      your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends."
      --Shak.
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   2. An indefinite small number. --Milton.
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   A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dozens
    n 1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she
         amassed stacks of newspapers" [syn: tons, dozens,
         heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads,
         rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads,
         lashings]