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a baker's dozen

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a baker's dozen

Thirteen; one more than a usual dozen (12). When Jacob went to the bakery to buy doughnuts for the office, he made sure to get a baker's dozen so he could sneak one to eat on the way to work.

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a baker's dozen

thirteen. (Bakers often added an extra item to an order for a dozen.) We ended up with a baker's dozen each of socks and undershirts on our shopping trip.

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a baker's dozen

  (old-fashioned)

thirteen The judges selected a baker's dozen of promising entries from the hundreds they received.

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