Just as a Baker's Dozen historically refers to 13 (typically as bread rolls), A Chipper's Dozen refers to some number greater than that which was ordered, typically applied to Potato Cakes / Potato Scallops / Potato Fritters. In any such case, the customer will order and pay for some number of these fried delights and typically receive something like 1.3 to 1.5x that number. More typically this applies to an order less than a dozen, so it is more useful (though more cumbersome) to describe a "Chipper's half-dozen".
"Order 67! - 8 potato cakes."
"Yep, that's me."
"Yeah no worries. A few of these looked a bit puny so I threw in a couple more for ya."
"Thanks mate. Whoa thanks, there's like 10 in here or maybe more?"
"You're alright - just a standard Chipper's dozen."
"Yep, that's me."
"Yeah no worries. A few of these looked a bit puny so I threw in a couple more for ya."
"Thanks mate. Whoa thanks, there's like 10 in here or maybe more?"
"You're alright - just a standard Chipper's dozen."
by keepCalmAndGetOuttaHere June 30, 2023
by BuffaloZeus February 09, 2015
by Frenchtard October 20, 2023
1: A term used to describe a number of potato’s. Specifically 14 to 17 potatoes rather than the standard dozen (12).
2: Used as a term to describe a group of awkward people with something in common.
2: Used as a term to describe a group of awkward people with something in common.
Clerk: How many potatoes would you like to buy today?
Customer: An Irishman’s dozen, please.
Friend 1: So we all have the same kink?
Friend 2: Seems like it.
Friend 3: Damn, we’re just an Irishman’s Dozen, huh?
Customer: An Irishman’s dozen, please.
Friend 1: So we all have the same kink?
Friend 2: Seems like it.
Friend 3: Damn, we’re just an Irishman’s Dozen, huh?
by Game Hobbie May 23, 2021
by Fiendy boy March 09, 2016
by Fiendy boy March 09, 2016
A six-pack marketed as a case. Corporate advertising that cynically misleads buyers into thinking they are getting more than they receive.
Contrary to the baker's dozen of 13 to encourage long-term loyalty, the corporate dozen provides less than that advertised for short-term gain. or: The baker's dozen is what we were, and the corporate dozen is what we have become.
by DrTortoise August 15, 2024