subs. phr. (common).—1. Bread.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS (see also GRUB). MELTON (q.v.); penny-starver (= penny roll); soft-tack (or -tommy); tack; toke; tommy; pannum.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Artic; arton; boule (prison: also boule de son); bissard (= brown bread); boucle zoze (thieves’ = brown bread); bricheton; briffe; brignolet; bringue; bronté; cholet; graigaille; grignolet; gringue; gros Guillaume; lartif; lartie; larton; mousseline (= white bread); pierre dure.
2. See STAFF.
