loaf bread

noun South Midland and Southern U.S.

Origin of loaf bread

First recorded in 1550–60

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Soft-tommy, loaf-bread, in contradistinction to hard biscuit.
The Slang Dictionary
John Camden Hotten
At both was found the same hospitality; the same polished floors; the same style of loaf-bread and velvet rolls.
Plantation Reminiscences
Letitia M. Burwell