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  2. Brown bread (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Brown bread is bread made with significant amounts of whole grain flour. Brown bread may also refer to: Freddie Foreman, known as "Brown Bread Fred" Cockney rhyming slang for dead; Making of Bread, etc. Act 1800, also known as the Brown Bread Act

  3. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Brown bread [3] Dead Slang Cockney rhyming slang for 'dead'. Bought the farm [2] Died Slang Also, shortened to 'bought it' Bucket list List of things to do before dying Popular culture derivation Derived from the older phrase "kick the bucket"; popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List: Cargo 200: Corpses of soldiers Military slang

  4. Rhyming slang - Wikipedia

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    Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London ; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang .

  5. Diner lingo - Wikipedia

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    Diner lingo is a kind of American verbal slang used by cooks and chefs in diners and diner-style restaurants, and by the wait staff to communicate their orders to the cooks. [1] [2] Usage of terms with similar meaning, propagated by oral culture within each establishment, may vary by region or even among restaurants in the same locale. [3]

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    soft bread roll or a sandwich made from it (this itself is a regional usage in the UK rather than a universal one); in plural, breasts (vulgar slang e.g. "get your baps out, love"); a person's head (Northern Ireland). [21] barmaid *, barman a woman or man who serves drinks in a bar.

  7. List of bread rolls - Wikipedia

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    Bun – term for a bread roll, bread batch, or bread barm cake, primarily used in Northern England and in much of Canada. Buñuelo — A fried dough ball popular in Latin America, Greece, Guam, Turkey, Israel and Morocco. It will usually have a filling or a topping.

  8. British slang - Wikipedia

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    In 1889 two multi-volumed slang dictionaries went on sale: A Dictionary of Slang, ... brown bread Dead (Cockney rhyming slang). [67] brown-tongue

  9. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    a Spanish term for a winery. ... frybread (or fry bread) flatbread fried in oil or animal fat which is a staple food of American Indians [423] G. garbage