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white-bread

[ hwahyt-bred, wahyt- ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˌbrɛd, ˈwaɪt- /
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adjective Informal.

pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
bland; conventional.

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Origin of white-bread

First recorded in 1975–80

Definition for white-bread (2 of 2)

white bread

noun

any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.

Origin of white bread

First recorded in 1300–50
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Word Origin and History for white-bread

white bread

n.

c.1300, as opposed to darker whole-grain type; its popularity among middle-class America led to the slang sense of "conventional, bourgeois" (c.1980).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper