Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Sad Bread (Latin, pavis gravis).*

Heavy bread, ill-made bread. Shakespeare calls it “distressful bread”—not the bread of distress, but the panis gravis or ill-made bread eaten by the poor.	1

Sa’cripant.

Sad Dog (He’s a).

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