Bak·er n.
1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.]
A baker's dozen, thirteen.
Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast.
Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread.
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Doz·en n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens
1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. “Some six or seven dozen of Scots.” “A dozen of shirts to your back.” “A dozen sons.” “Half a dozen friends.”
2. An indefinite small number.
A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.
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