dizzen

There's twal 'or fifteen dizzen o' gude eggs bruist to bits.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"No, I havena gi'en you a sang," he replied with a coarse laugh, "but I hae paid for a 'the drinks, an' I suppose that'll please the maist o 'you better than a dizzen sangs frae me."

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

On floo Pottie yalpin '"Pileece," "Murder," "Help," wi' Sandy at his tails, an 'the ither half-dizzen followin' up, pechin 'like cadgers' pownies.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

‘I had maist forgotten’t, ’ said the hardy Borderer; ‘but I think this morning, now that I am fresh and sober, if you and I were at the Withershins’ Latch, wi’ ilka ane a gude oak souple in his hand, we wadna turn back, no for half a dizzen o’ yon scaff-raff.

Chapter XXV 1917

"Tu or dree dizzen, an 'half a ton o' coral an 'some wild-crabs."

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

There's no room for anither dizzen in yer auld kailyaird onyway -- an 'that I'm tellin' ye.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

"He means that there's six o 'yin an' half a dizzen o 'the ither," I explained, to smooth her down.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

An ugly, pock-faaced chief wi 'hauf a dizzen loons asked me ta way to Dunroe.

Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai George Manville Fenn 1870

'There was a half-dizzen o' fowk stan'in 'aboot, and I bude (behoved) to speik whan I was spoken till.'

Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

There was jist a de'il's dizzen o 'them an whaurever ye began to count them, the thirteent had aye a reid baird.

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864