# brown bread

idiom · Slang

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/brown-bread-cockney
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

dead

## Examples

- If that old car breaks down again, it is brown bread.
- The ancient computer finally stopped working, so I suppose it is brown bread now.
- After the company lost its primary funding and all its major clients, it was clear the business was brown bread.

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