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loaf bread

Word Origin

noun, South Midland and Southern U.S.

1.

commercially baked bread; store-bought bread.

Origin of loaf bread

1550-1560

1550-60

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They are passionately fond of spirits, and next to these of loaf bread.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various
Put all the ingredients in the middle of the flour, work well together and set to rise as loaf bread.

Housekeeping in Old Virginia Marion Cabell Tyree

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