Sliced pan

All over Ireland

A sliced loaf of bread. On either end of a sliced pan you will find the heel.

Run down to the shop for a sliced pan an' a pint o' milk, will ya?

Posh English

Would you be so kind as to pop down to the shop for a sliced loaf and a pint of milk?

Related terms

• Best thing since sliced panSomething excellent or innovative; the best thing in a long time.
• Pan outTo relax or chill out. Can also mean to knock someone out.
• Pan them outTo give someone a beating.
• Pan you outTo wrestle or throw someone to the ground.
• That lad'd get up on a hot pan!That fellow would attempt absolutely anything, no matter how foolish.
• HeelThe end slice or crust of a loaf of bread.