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Baker's Dozen (solitaire) — Baker s Dozen is a solitaire card game using a deck of fifty two playing cards. The game is so called because of the 13 columns in the game, the number in a baker s dozen.First, the cards are dealt into columns of four on the tableau, resulting… … Wikipedia
Baker's dozen (disambiguation) — Baker s dozen can mean: *Baker s dozen, the number 13. *Baker s Dozen (solitaire), the game. *Baker s Dozen Donuts, the Canadian donut store chain … Wikipedia
baker's dozen — A Baker s dozen is 13 rather than 12 … The small dictionary of idiomes
baker's dozen — ► baker s dozen a group of thirteen. [ORIGIN: from the former bakers custom of adding an extra loaf to a dozen sold to a retailer.] Main Entry: ↑baker … English terms dictionary
baker — O.E. bæcere baker, agent noun from bacan to bake (see BAKE (Cf. bake)). In the Middle Ages, the craft had two divisions, braun bakeres and whit bakeres. White bakers shall bake no hors brede..broune bakers shall bake whete brede as it comyth… … Etymology dictionary
baker — ► NOUN ▪ a person whose trade is making bread and cakes. ● baker s dozen Cf. ↑baker s dozen DERIVATIVES bakery noun … English terms dictionary
Dozen — Doz en (d[u^]z n), n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens} (d[u^]z nz). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two}, {Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.] 1. A collection of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dozen — Doz en (d[u^]z n), n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens} (d[u^]z nz). [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two}, {Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.] 1. A collection of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
baker's dozen — n. thirteen: supposedly from bakers former practice of adding an extra roll to each dozen sold to avoid any risk of penalty for short measure … English World dictionary
Baker — Bak er, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See {Bake}, v. t.] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] {A baker s dozen}, thirteen. {Baker foot}, a distorted foot.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Baker foot — Baker Bak er, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See {Bake}, v. t.] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] {A baker s dozen}, thirteen. {Baker foot}, a distorted… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
