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in good bread

in good bread prepositional phrase: in a fortunate or favorable position.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang) In a fortunate or favorable position.
    • You are at present in good bread, but were you out of place, I could expect nothing from such a one as you, but to become a burden to my family.1754, John Breues, Fortunate Lovers: Or, the Most Successful Arts Used in Honourable Courtship […], page 23
    • By these Means I established myself in good Bread, and a numerous Set of good Acquaintance of both Sexes.1755, Peter Drake, The Memoirs of Capt. Peter Drake: Containing, An Account of many Strange and Surprising Events […], volume 2, page 229

Antonyms of in good bread

Questions about in good bread

What does in good bread mean?
In good bread means in a fortunate or favorable position.
What part of speech is in good bread?
In good bread is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in good bread in the dictionary

  1. in general
  2. in glass
  3. in glory
  4. in goal
  5. in God's name
  6. in good bread
  7. in good conscience
  8. in good hands
  9. in good odor
  10. in good odour
  11. in good part

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