noun plural
Etymology: so called from the 5 barley loaves and 2 fishes with which Jesus miraculously fed a multitude of 5000 (John 6) that he later reproached for their greater interest in the food than in him (John 6: 26)
: material gain
concentrating on how to get loaves and fishes, the schools … make out of our youngsters precisely what their parents wish them to become — B.I.Bell