Archaically, a small gross or short gross is a quantity equal to ten dozen, i.e. 10 × 12 = 120.
This number is also known as a "great hundred" (twelve tens; as opposed to the "small hundred", i.e. 100 or ten tens) or a "duodecimal hundred".
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