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loaves

noun as in block of something

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One is that in the days of King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon 2,500 years ago, an ounce of gold bought 350 loaves of bread.

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You can usually buy large rectangular loaves at your local bakery or grocery store.

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Swifties are also digging through the archives, resurrecting old snapshots of loaves past.

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That should be on the list of fake miracles, right up there with the loaves and fishes.

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They had an open front space where items of food were laid out, in this example loaves of bread, a lettuce and an ox's head.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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