Scissor maker's dozen
Speedy Builder5 | 28/11/2019 15:10:28 |
2878 forum posts 248 photos | Scissor maker's dozen:- Apparently this was a quantity of 14 pairs of scissors as they left the outworker who may have been a 'cottage industry'. One pair of the dozen was reserved by the outworker when he considered the quality was not to standard and a second was again taken for his profit, leaving 12 pairs for sale by the "manufacturer". |
old mart | 28/11/2019 21:30:53 |
4655 forum posts 304 photos | That's one up on a bakers dozen. |
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