- loaf (of bread)
- • Rhyming Slang for 'head'. e.g.. "don't be stupid, use yer loaf !".
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loaf (of bread)
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loaf of bread — noun a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑loaf • Hypernyms: ↑bread, ↑breadstuff, ↑staff of life • Hyponyms: ↑French loaf, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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