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Baker's dozen

noun

The cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one. Synonyms: 13, long dozen, thirteen, XIII.

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"Baker's dozen" Quotes from Famous Books

... terribly small—I am!" cried Patsy, lost in the immensity of the canyon's extent; but this is a common cry of travelers visiting Bright Angel. You might place a baker's dozen of the huge Falls of Niagara in the Grand Canyon and scarcely notice they were there. All the vast cathedrals of Europe set upon its plateau would seem like pebbles when viewed from the brink. The thing is simply incomprehensible to ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne

... Is the heart less hungry because it has been starved? Just look at your history. When nuns have relapsed from other-worldliness to this-worldliness how have they been? I'll tell you. They have been just a round baker's dozen times worse than they would have been if they had never undertaken to cheat Nature. Look at the thing fairly. I don't expect to dodge any blame that I deserve, yet I do want all the palliating circumstances duly noted. Many months ...

— The Darrow Enigma • Melvin L. Severy

Words linked to "Baker's dozen" : large integer, 13, xiii, thirteen