- by the dozens
Example:
- Un no, hot der Hen gsaat, alle Yaahr nooch sellem an die saem Zeit, der saem Daadem, so wennich var Halbnacht, un des hedde — Leit des gsehne, dann hedde sie daer Schpuck, odder der Geischt vum Graemer gsehne autseid em Schteddel, newe am Weg herlaafe. And then, said Hen, every year after that at the same time, the same date, about a little before midnight, and this people by the dozens would have seen, then they would have seen this same spook, or the ghost from the peddler, outside the town, walking along by the side of the road.
- dozens at a time