pan-loafn.adj.
/ˈpanləʊf/, U.S. /ˈpænˌloʊf/, Scottish English /ˈpanlof/ Chiefly Scottish.
A. n.
A loaf baked in a pan or tin, having a hard, smooth crust; a tin-loaf. Also: bread in the form of such a loaf.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > pan- or tin-loaf
tinned loafc950
brick1698
brick loaf1723
brick bread1762
pan-loaf1846
pan bread1856
tin-loaf1858
tin1957
pan1978
1846 Milwaukee (Wisconsin Territory) Daily Courier 28 Apr. Washington's breakfast bread,..baked in a pan like an ordinary pan loaf, is also very good.
1856 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 768/2 Take a slice or two of a stale pan-loaf, cut half an inch thick.
1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends ii. 10 He lat drive at Simpson's head wi' a pan-loaf.
1907 J. 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.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 139 They buy..four slices of panloaf at the north city dining rooms in Marlborough street.
1957 Bulletin (Glasgow) 25 Feb. 11/2 Pan loaves are coming back into favour again.
2001 J. Boyle Galloway Street 65 Usually it's just up to Galbraith's at the corner for a sliced pan loaf or round to Jimmy Canning's general store for totties or turnips.
B. adj.
Scottish colloquial. Of a person, manner of speaking, etc.: affectedly refined or cultivated, pretentious. Cf. pan-loafy adj.This usage apparently originated in the fact that a pan-loaf, being more expensive than a plain loaf, was considered a sign of affluence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > affected or mincing > of speech
minced?1542
haw-haw1841
plummy1881
cultivated1908
pan-loafy1946
pan-loaf1947
1947 H. W. Pryde 1st Bk. McFlannels vi. 61 An' yer pan-loaf talk! ‘Good-marning, Mrs. McTweed,’ says you, ‘fehn weather we're heving for this tehm of the year!’
1964 Weekly Scotsman 16 June 8 Ah dinna like her, she's oafy pan loaf.
1973 E. Boyd & R. 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?
1974 New 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.
2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 11 Nov. (Seven Days section) 10/2 If she dropped the parochial Morningside background and the pan-loaf Scotticisms, her sales would double.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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