The penalty for selling underwight loaves in England in the Middle Ages was severe (for instance the hand might be lopped off with an axe) and bakers preferred to give a extra loaf in every dozen (12) to make sure the customer had no cause for complaint.
There are thirteen (13) items in a baker's dozen.
The term originates in England, where an Assize of Bread and Ale during the reign of Henry III. A baker that was found to have cheated a customer by not providing enough loaves (or cakes or buns, etc.) was liable to lose a hand by the axe. To prevent this, bakers baked a dozen in sets of 13 instead of 12; this extra item safeguarded against one being lost by burning, eating, theft or simple loss. If it survived, it was a freebie that gained trust in the baker.
A baker's dozen contains 13 items. It originated as a practice among bakers in 13th century England, when strict laws could have lead to a baker getting his hand chopped off for trying to shortchange a customer. The term stems from the baker's tradition of adding one more to a dozen as lagniappe (a 'Cajun word meaning "a little extra").
During the reign of Henry III (r. 1216-1272), a law was passed called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers could be liable to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat.
A baker's dozen is thirteen.
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The moral of " A Baker's Dozen" is that it is good to always be honest but the happiest person is the one who is generous always and gives enough to others and more.
It is a play off of a Baker's Dozen (which is 13). It is predicated on the belief that a bank is going to take from you. So, a dozen, being 12, becomes 11 for a Banker's Dozen.
13 is typically called a 'Baker's Dozen'. It comes from the 13th century practise of baker's including a 13th item when selling a dozen items, so as not to be accused of 'short changing' the customer.
The collective nouns for bakers are:an aroma of bakersa kneading of bakersa tabernacle of bakers
cookies in a baker's dozen
There are 12 of anything in a dozen - you might be thinking of the idiom "a baker's dozen" which is a way of saying 13 items.
2 and a third dozen. 2 and two thirteenth bakers dozen. a dozen is twleve a bakers dozen is 13
twelve, but a bakers dozen is thirteen
A baker's dozen is equal to 13. So there are 13 hot cross buns in a bakers dozen.
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There can be 14 in a bakers dozen, tracing its origins back to England since the reign of Henry II, a bakers dozen was just a way to ensure compliance with weight regulation to avoid fine or punishment by adding an extra roll, bun, etc or two. In more modern times, if you order certain items from a bakery, specifically doughnuts, a bakers dozen is 14 as to accommodate the box size (13 would be a weird fit)
A bakers dozen =13
3 dozen would be 36 cookies, unless it is a bakers dozen in which case your total would be 39 cookies.
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There are 82 items in a dozen.
Never heard of "bakers score" and "bakers gross", a bakers dozen is 13 because bakers used to throw in an extra bun for example if you ordered 12 buns, a baker would throw in one more making it thirteen, a score is 20 and a gross is 144, so if you go with the "bakers dozen" rule I suppose you add one to a score and one to a gross.