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to-bread

noun

to-bread

noun

Etymology From to- + bread.

1

Obsolete An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen.

  • The number thirteen is also sometimes known as a "baker's dozen," because it was formerly a common practice to give thirteen loaves for twelve, the extra piece being called the in-bread or to-bread.2013, Robert Means Lawrence, The Magic Of The Horse-Shoe:

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