loaf1
n.
(pl. loaves)
a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece.
Phrase
- use one's loaf
Brit. informal use one's common sense.
[prob. from loaf of bread, rhyming sl. for ‘head’.]
Etymology
OE hlāf, of Gmc origin.
loaf2
v.
idle one's time away in aimless loitering.
Etymology
C19: prob. a back-form. from loafer.