"in good bread" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in good bread, {{en-PP}} in good bread
  1. (obsolete, British, Ireland, slang) In a fortunate or favorable position. Tags: British, Ireland, obsolete, slang

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