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No, you get it because the baker doesn't want to risk getting caught for selling short weight, if the individual items happen to be slightly undersized. https:
by jfk13 6y ago
No, you get it because the baker doesn't want to risk getting caught for selling short weight, if the individual items happen to be slightly undersized.
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/Bakers-dozen.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/Bakers-dozen.html
- Spivak 6y agoNeat! I never knew the actual origin. But since we don’t flog bakers anymore I think my point stands in modern times — I know it’s only time I’ve ever gotten a baker’s dozen.