To-bread

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen. obsolete

    "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."

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in-bread

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"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."

Etymology

From to- + bread.

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