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Scissor maker's dozen

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Speedy Builder528/11/2019 15:10:28
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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 mart28/11/2019 21:30:53
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That's one up on a bakers dozen.wink

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