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Definitions

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  • noun A shop where bread and other baked food is sold
  • adjective One more than. (baker's dozen)

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Examples

  • For leavening, purists prefer a pinch of hartshorn aka baker's ammonia, which is traditional in Scandinavian baking and thought to produce a tender, fluffier crumb—but conventional baking powder more than suffices.

    Wunderbar Cookies Sarah Karnasiewicz 2011

  • Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali, a member of the so-called baker's dozen of MLAs who had spoken out against Ms. James, said the caucus had come together soon after Mr. Dix was elected party leader in April largely because Mr. Dix focused on giving members specific responsibilities.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Ian Bailey 2011

  • One of the so-called "baker's dozen" who helped force Carole James to resign, Mr. Lali said he could not raise the cash to run a credible campaign.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Justine Hunter 2011

  • Hold it up to the light and look to see if the baker's windowpane, or taut membrane, has formed.

    HTEAC Does Dinner: Alton Brown's Pizza Dough 2009

  • The baker's butter-sweet, flaky envelopes are lined with Northern California's best.

    News You Can Eat 2011

  • Off the top of my head, I can think of a baker's dozen of companies that are now filing income tax returns in Oregon that were not doing so previously.

    Amnesty, but a real wallop if you don't come clean (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • The owner of the two bakeries has apparently won some French baker's award in the past for his bread.

    Wednesday lunch in L.O. (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Hold it up to the light and look to see if the baker's windowpane, or taut membrane, has formed.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • In the kitchen is almost every conceivable Alsatian specialty cookware, from a black stew pot called a Baeckeoffe "baker's oven" to a cake pan known as a Kougelhopf from his mother's birth town of Soufflenheim.

    A Chef's Chelsea Loft 2011

  • In the kitchen is almost every conceivable Alsatian specialty cookware, from a black stew pot called a Baeckeoffe "baker's oven" to a cake pan known as a Kougelhopf from his mother's birth town of Soufflenheim, a village known for its colorful glazed pottery.

    Bringing the Old World Into the New Nancy Keates 2011

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