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pan-loaf
[pan n.1]
A loaf baked in a pan; chiefly Sc. Also used fig. of an affected or cultured accent, or of someone whose behaviour is regarded as pretentious, this usage originating in the fact that a pan-loaf, being more expensive, was a sign of affluence. Hence pan-loafy a.
1886Willock Rosetty Ends (1889) 10 (E.D.D.) He lat drive at Simpson's head wi' a pan-loaf. 1906‘H. Foulis’ Vital Spark i. 5 Four men and a derrick, and a water-butt and a pan loaf in the fo'c'sle. 1907J. Kirkland Mod. Baker I. 112 Tin or Pan Loaves... Scotch pan loaves..are generally baked four in a pan, and to ensure that they separate with a smooth face each loaf is greased on the ends before being placed in the tin. 1922Joyce Ulysses 143 They buy..four slices of panloaf at the north city dining rooms in Marlborough street. 1946‘D. Twitter’ Tales o' the Toonie 48, I warned Sarah Amelia no' tae start speakin' pan-loafy fin I wiz wi' her. She thrapit doon my thrapple that if I spak braid Farfar fowk wud tak me for a Turk. 1947H. W. Pryde First Bk. McFlannels vi. 61 An' yer pan-loaf talk! ‘Good-marning, Mrs. McTweed,’ says you, ‘fehn weather we've heving for this tehm of the year!’ 1957Bulletin (Glasgow) 25 Feb. 11/2 Pan loaves are coming back into favour again. 1959M. Pugh Chancer 61 ‘The little kids used to shout, ‘Grey breeks, grey breeks, let's hear you speaking pan-loafy,’’ she said... An all girls' school where they paid fees and wore grey uniforms and didn't talk in the local accent was splendidly ridiculous. 1964Weekly Scotsman 16 June 8 Ah dinna like her, she's oafy pan loaf. 1973Boyd & Parkes Dark Number v. 58 Him and his fancy clothes and his pan-loaf accent and his money! Why couldn't he stay on his own side of the tracks? 1974New Society 28 Feb. 500/3 It was the authentic voice of the people of Glasgow.., and not the ‘pan-loaf’ (falsely polished) accents of the Scottish BBC. 1976Scotsman 24 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 1/7 His pan-loaf accent would make you die. He's gettin' ready, y'see, to be a great sports commentator on the telly after he's made his mark in athletics. |