pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois.
a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
bland; conventional.
First recorded in 1300–50
First recorded in 1975–80
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Refined carbohydrates include foods such as white bread, pastries, and many sugary products that have been stripped of much of their natural fiber and nutrients.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Later, with the news of Hitler’s demise, she sinks into a depression, refusing food unless it’s white bread, butter and honey, all in scarce supply.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Each Friday, friends drove to Munger’s home for a potluck lunch, carrying chicken sandwiches with butter on soft white bread, the crusts sometimes removed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
One of his creations for a typewriter-friendly bite was sliced onion and peanut butter on white bread, nothing fell apart.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
I made white bread, brown bread, corn bread, and spoon bread.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
But over the last few decades, it’s evolved in ways, both gritty and grand, that make it more megalopolis than white-bread suburb.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2022
By the end, we’ve mainly learned that Allen is the white-bread straight man to Rob’s enigmatic free spirit, which is not all that much by way of insights.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
Being a witch looked dangerous and cool, wholly removed from my white-bread Midwestern life.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2020
The international menus available these days are far removed from my white-bread Midwestern youth.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2018
Spread it thick upon slices of light white-bread cut like tosts.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne
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