banker's dozen

Definitions

Eleven.

idiomatic, uncommon

Examples

“Not a low baker's dozen, you will perceive, but two high banker's dozen !”

“There were 11 in number⟳ (a reference has been made to them as constituting a banker's dozen), representing the following organizations :”

“It concludes with a banker's dozen of 11 items labeled "What to Read⟳" — a well chosen list on the urban, technological disruption of man's life and the earth's biosphere.”

“Caroline arranged to have⟳ appear⟳ at her concert a banker's dozen (eleven) of New York's most admired amateur and professional musicians, including the alluring divorcee Fanny Ronalds, who — it was rumored — was accomplished in arts more erotic than the one she would demonstrate⟳ that night.”

“George counted eleven of them. A banker's dozen, he said to himself.”

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