Not bread, butter issue

IF SOMEONE were to tell you to "use your loaf", you might think they were referring to a loaf of bread...

But the expression comes from British rhyming slang, where loaf of bread rhymes with head. Someone might also tell you to "duck your loaf", in other words, keep your head down.

The Real McCoy, Oxford

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