英语词汇baker-s dozen的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

baker’s dozen. Bakers in ancient times were subject to se- vere penalties for shortweighting their customers; in ancient Egypt, for example, they were sometimes nailed by the ear to the doors of their shops when caught selling light loaves. Thus when the English Parliament passed a law in 1266 subjecting the Company of White Bakers and the Company of Brown Bakers to strict regulations regarding bread weight, the bakers made sure that they complied. Since it was difficult to make loaves of a uniform weight at the time, bakers customarily added a thirteenth loaf, the “in-bread” or “vantage loaf,” to each shipment of 12 they sent to a shopkeeper or retailer, thus guaranteeing that there would be no shortchanging or ear- nailing. Most authorities believe this led to the expression bak- er’s dozen for 13.

词汇	baker-s dozen
词源	baker’s dozen. Bakers in ancient times were subject to se- vere penalties for shortweighting their customers; in ancient Egypt, for example, they were sometimes nailed by the ear to the doors of their shops when caught selling light loaves. Thus when the English Parliament passed a law in 1266 subjecting the Company of White Bakers and the Company of Brown Bakers to strict regulations regarding bread weight, the bakers made sure that they complied. Since it was difficult to make loaves of a uniform weight at the time, bakers customarily added a thirteenth loaf, the “in-bread” or “vantage loaf,” to each shipment of 12 they sent to a shopkeeper or retailer, thus guaranteeing that there would be no shortchanging or ear- nailing. Most authorities believe this led to the expression bak- er’s dozen for 13.
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