Give
Give verb - To make a present of.
Loaf
Loaf verb - To spend time doing nothing.
Common collocations
| time | give time | loaf time |
Both words in one sentence
- Trunks the Elephant prefers to eat bread, and you must give him a loaf in order to get him back to the circus.
Source: Stock Animal Diet - The recidivist whom the hero meets at the Conciergerie seems to have been a precursor to Jean Valjean, what with the stolen loaf of bread and the way no one will give him work.
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Worthless Yellow Rocks: One man recalls a story of someone trying to give him a five pound note in exchange for a loaf of bread.
Source: Film / The War Game
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