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milk toast

1

noun

  1. toast, usually buttered, served in hot milk with sugar or with salt and pepper.


milk-toast

2

[ milk-tohst ]

adjective

  1. easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of milk toast1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Origin of milk toast2

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

When Monona declared against bacon, it was Lulu who suggested milk toast and went to make it.

Then eat slowly a little light food, such as milk-toast or very hot beef-tea.

Mary Grey trifled with her chicken-wing, tasted her milk-toast and sipped a little coffee.

Ephraim drew up his chair, whimpering; but he fell to on the milk-toast with ardor, and his hand dropped from his side.

When Rebecca entered the house, her mother was standing over the stove, making milk-toast for supper.

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