adj. phr. (old).—Ordinary; homely.
1606. Wily Beguild [HAWKINS], The Origin of the English Drama, iii, 313. He’s a very ideot, and BROWN-BREAD clown, and one I know the wench does deadly hate.
d. 1635. CORBET, On Great Tom of Christ-Church.
| They drew his BROWN-BREAD face on pretty gins, | |
| And made him stalk upon two rolling-pins. |
