baker's dozen
/ˌbeɪkəz ˈdʌzn
/noun
A group or set of thirteen: a baker’s dozen of love songs...
- As you probably know a baker's dozen is thirteen, one more than a normal person's dozen.
- The King's Consort, in its orchestral guise at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, boasted a baker's dozen of strings, along with pairs of oboes and recorders, with Robert King ducking and weaving at the harpsichord.
- Given that she was clearly going to Sofia to buy cheap costume jewellery, obviously having purchased and draped herself in everything her village had in stock (or she had mugged a baker's dozen of chalga singers to get it all)
Origin
Late 16th century: from the former bakers' custom of adding an extra loaf to a dozen sold, this constituting the retailer's profit.
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