baker's dozen
Thirteen; a group of thirteen.
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baker's
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Definitions
noun
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baker, -'s.
noun
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A shop where bread and other baked food is sold.
adj
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Slightly supernumerary; a little more than. (Derived from baker's dozen.)
A baker's half-dozen of the best sorts, of proven merit, are Festiva maxima, the finest white; Couronne d'Or, a very late-flowering white; Felix Crousse, brilliant red; Mme. Crousse, white and crimson; Duchess de Nemours, sulphur white and fragrant; Marie Lemoine, ivory white; Delicatissima, crimson purple.
[…] thirty, a baker's twenty-eight, presumably. We were all delighted, particularly the baker and the guide, the former refusing money.
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