You are at present in good bread, but were you out of place, I could expect nothing from such a one as you, but to become a burden to my family.1754, John Breues, Fortunate Lovers: Or, the Most Successful Arts Used in Honourable Courtship […], page 23:
By these Means I established myself in good Bread, and a numerous Set of good Acquaintance of both Sexes.1755, Peter Drake, The Memoirs of Capt. Peter Drake: Containing, An Account of many Strange and Surprising Events […], volume 2, page 229:
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This mode of life suited me exceedingly: I found myself in good bread, and resolved to go on; but the caprice of my stars never suffered me to be what I wished.1791, [William Beckford], transl., Popular Tales of the Germans […], volume 2, page 176: