There’s a difference between a “gingerbread man” (a cookie) and a “ginger bread man,” so there’s a joke:
Q: What do you call a red-headed baker?
A: A ginger bread man.
The joke was cited on Twitter on April 30, 2010.
Wiktionary: gingerbread man
Noun
gingerbread man (plural gingerbread men)
1. A biscuit/cookie in the shape of a person and flavoured with ginger.
Twitter
richard homer
@richardhomer
Could you call a red-headed baker the ginger bread man?
12:28 AM - 30 Apr 2010
Twitter
Chris Felax
@robotpain
What do you call a red-headed baker? (Ginger bread man) #ChristmasJokes #RedHeads
1:06 PM - 12 Dec 2010
reddit
What do you call a red headed baker?
submitted May 24, 2014 by sinkingfish
A ginger bread man
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WHAT DO YOU CALL A RED HEADED BAKER?
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A ginger bread man
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What do you call a red headed Baker? (self.dadjokes)
submitted January 11, 2015 by madcowbomber
The Ginger Bread Man
reddit
What do you call a red-headed baker?
submitted June 14, 2016 by Minileitch
A Ginger-bread man
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