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tank loaf
The Sydney name for a loaf of bread baked in an enclosed, corrugated loaf tin so that the finished loaf has the shape of a piece of currugated pipe: For a literally round round of sandwiches - use bread from a tank loaf. Compare pipe loaf.
Contributor's comments: In Melbourne the same thing is called a pipe loaf; when I came to Sydney I reminded myself of which name to use by thinking of Sydney having been build on the Tank Stream!
Contributor's comments: They were called "tank loaves" in Toowoomba in the '70s. Not a common choice, but the baker always had them.
Contributor's comments: Tank loaves are known in South Australia
Contributor's comments: ...or the loaf had the shape of a rainwater tank... Also standard in Perth in the 70s.