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crazy bread

crazy bread noun: a mixture of dried herbs and grains infected with ergot, eaten during the hungry gap in medieval times.

Noun

crazy bread (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A mixture of dried herbs and grains infected with ergot, eaten during the hungry gap in medieval times.
    • Poppies, hemp, and darnel were scavenged, dried, and ground up to produce a medieval hash brownie known as "crazy bread".1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 102
  2. (US) Garlic bread stuffed or sprinkled with cheese.

Origin of crazy bread

The pizza sense is derived from a brand name used by the Little Caesars pizza chain.

Questions about crazy bread

What does crazy bread mean?
Crazy bread means a mixture of dried herbs and grains infected with ergot, eaten during the hungry gap in medieval times.
What part of speech is crazy bread?
Crazy bread is a noun.

Words near crazy bread in the dictionary

  1. crazy as a pet coon
  2. crazy as a shithouse rat
  3. crazy as a soup sandwich
  4. crazy bone
  5. crazy bones
  6. crazy bread
  7. crazy cake
  8. crazy cakes
  9. crazy carpet
  10. crazy carpets
  11. Crazy Dog

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