Question
I asked for a dozen bagels for the party, but the
generous baker gave me a baker's dozen. Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the following sentence:Solution
The idiom "a baker's dozen" refers to a quantity of 13 items. This tradition originated as a way for bakers to avoid penalties for selling short weight by including an extra item. The other options do not accurately reflect this meaning.
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