Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of wheaten bread, ranking next to manchet.

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Examples

  • First he stayed his appetite a little with a hunch of cheat-bread, and a glass of pomage, while the servant was bringing him his entry of eggs cooked with parsley.

    Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

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