baker's dozen

== English == === Etymology === Possibly from the former practice of bakers adding a thirteenth loaf of bread to a batch of twelve loaves in order to avoid punishment for accidentally selling underweight bread. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌbeɪkəz ˈdʌzən/, [- ˈdʌzn̩] (General American) IPA(key): /ˌbeɪkəɹz ˈdʌzən/, [ˌbeɪkɚz ˈdʌzn̩] Rhymes: -ʌzən Hyphenation: bak‧er's do‧zen === Noun === baker's dozen (plural baker's dozens or bakers' dozens) (idiomatic) Thirteen; a group of thirteen. [from 1590s] (Cockney rhyming slang) A cousin. ==== Synonyms ==== (thirteen): devil's dozen, long dozen ==== Related terms ==== baker's half dozen banker's dozen decimal dozen ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== thirteen to the dozen === References === === Further reading === dozen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “baker”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 13 September 2017.