English Explanatory Dictionary

baker's half dozen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Seven, a group of seven.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

baker's half dozen

Etymology

From baker's dozen (“thirteen, one more than a dozen”) by analogy, hence “seven, one more than a half dozen”.

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