Cockney rhyming slang for ‘dead’.
Brown bread
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"dead"
Etymology & History
Cockney rhyming slang for 'dead'. Dark Cockney humor using everyday food item. 'He's brown bread' means he's died. The mundane-ity of the reference contrasts with the finality of death - characteristic rhyming slang black humor.
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Region
London/Cockney
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Era
Modern
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Language
Mild
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Formality
Slang
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