Slice bloomer loaf after brown bread (8)
I believe the answer is:
deadhead
'slice bloomer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'loaf after brown bread' is the wordplay.
'loaf' becomes 'head' (slang term).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'brown bread' becomes 'dead' (Cockney rhyming slang).
'head' put after 'dead' is 'DEADHEAD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deadhead that I've seen before include "bore" , "Remove faded flowers from a plant" , "Remove the spent tops of flowers" , "One doesn't pay to get in" , "Treat rambler, perhaps" .)