单词 | in-bread |
释义 | in-breadn. Bread ‘thrown in’; the extra loaf or loaves allowed by a baker in each dozen. Cf. baker's dozen n. at baker n. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > extra loaf or loaves in-bread1639 1639 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 177 Fowre and twenty loaves of the said bread, wth the inbread allowed by the baker for those twoe dosens of bread. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xv. 422 As that which we call the in-bread, is given into the Dozen, there is nothing properly paid or given for it, but only for the Dozen. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 69 Baker's dozen, this consists of thirteen or fourteen; the surplus number, called the inbread, being thrown in for fear of incurring the penalty for short weight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1639 |
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