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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A group of 13.

Wiktionary

  1. n. idiomatic Thirteen, a group of thirteen.
  2. n. Cockney rhyming slang cousin

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

Etymologies

  1. From the former practice of bakers of adding a thirteenth loaf to a batch of twelve in order to avoid punishment for accidentally selling underweight bread. (Wiktionary)
  2. From the former custom among bakers of adding an extra roll as a safeguard against the possibility of 12 weighing light. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Bear in mind, then, that there are not, I suppose, more than a baker's dozen of these "split-ups" throughout the book, and the way they were managed can be seen by this literal translation of a line the "The Terraced Road of the Two-Edged Sword Mountains.”

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  1. large integer

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. to-bread
  1. in-bread
  1. advantage
  1. vantage-loaf
  1. long dozen

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Words tagged ‘baker's dozen’

  1. poulter's measure

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  • timonti Can also call this "Vantage-loaf" Apr 20, 2012

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