baker's dozen
Example Sentences
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Bagel shops are an easy first stop: most offer catering trays or baker’s dozen boxes.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2025
During his lifetime, McMurtry published 33 novels and a baker’s dozen of memoirs, essays and assorted balooey.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Analyzing the baker's dozen of mummies has only reinforced the team's conviction that the seemingly modest mice ascended the volcanoes without Incan assistance.
From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023
They’ve already retired the jerseys of 12 players, and with Bryant’s two and Pau Gasol’s No. 16 retired in March, that’s a baker’s dozen of retired numbers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023
His very own baker’s dozen, he would say, grinning.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
