[PW] Re: "Judy" as heel of bread

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Jeanne Schramm <jeanne.schramm at gmail.com>:

> From: "Flannery, Dennis" <Dennis.Flannery at wilmerhale.com>
> Date:  Tue, 9 May 2006 18:51:36 -0400
>
> Would you be able to give me any help in determining what the
> derivation/etymology is of the term "the judy" as applied to the butt end or
> last piece of bread?


It would help to know where this term was heard or seen. It may be 
rhyming slang or merely someone's humorous reference the two extremes 
of the loaf (the punch and the judy).

John Dyson
Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University