milk-toast

  • 1milk|toast — «MIHLK TOHST», noun. = milquetoast. (Cf. ↑milquetoast) milk toast, toast served with or in (usually hot) milk …

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  • 2milk toast — milk′ toast n. coo buttered toast, served in hot milk • Etymology: 1850–55, amer …

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  • 3Milk toast — Not to be confused with Milquetoast. Milk toast is a breakfast food consisting of toasted bread in warm milk, typically with sugar and butter.[1] Salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon, cocoa, raisins and other ingredients may be added.[2] In New… …

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  • 4milk toast — noun : hot usually buttered toast served in hot milk and sweetened with sugar or seasoned with salt and pepper * * * toast, usually buttered, served in hot milk with sugar or with salt and pepper. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * milk|toast «MIHLK TOHST»,… …

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  • 5milk-toast — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: milk toast : lacking in boldness or vigor : mild, inoffensive milk toast policy of dealing with criminals * * * /milk tohst /, adj. 1. easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; …

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  • 6milk toast — toast, usually buttered, served in hot milk with sugar or with salt and pepper. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 7milk-toast — /milk tohst /, adj. 1. easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby pamby; wishy washy. n. 2. milquetoast. [1815 25] * * * …

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  • 8Toast — For other uses, see Toast (disambiguation). A slice of bread, contrasting untoasted and toasted. Toast is bread …

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  • 9Milk and Toast and Honey — Single by Roxette from the album Room Service Released September 3, 2001 …

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  • 10Toast — Toast, n. [OF. toste, or tost[ e]e, toasted bread. See {Toast}, v.] 1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc. [1913 Webster] My sober… …

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