| Idiom | Baker's Dozen |
|---|---|
| Example | At the garage sale, we charged 75¢ per baseball card or $9 for a baker's dozen. |
| Meaning | thirteen of anything for the price of twelve |
| Origin | A dozen of anything is twelve. Then why is a "baker's dozen" thirteen? Hundreds of years ago some English bakers cheated their customers by baking air pockets into loaves of bread, making them lightweight. In 1266 the English Parliament passed a law that said that bakers who sold underweight bread would be severely punished. To be sure they were selling enough bread to meet the new weight regulations, the bakers started giving thirteen loaves for every dozen a customer ordered. |
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