toad-in-the-hole in British English
noun
British and Australian
a dish made of sausages baked in a batter
toad-in-the-hole in American English
(ˈtoʊdɪnðəˌhoʊl)
noun
a British dish consisting of sausages baked in a batter like that used for Yorkshire pudding
toad-in-the-hole in American English
(ˈtoudɪnðəˈhoul)
noun
Brit Cookery
a dish consisting of beef or pork sausages baked in a coating of batter
Word origin
[1780–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alignment, classification, dynamics, oxygen, vampire batImage oftoad-in-the-hole
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Examples of 'toad-in-the-hole' in a sentencetoad-in-the-hole
- off-off-broadway
- off one's chump
- off-ones-chump
- off one's feed
- off-ones-feed
- off one's game
- off-ones-game
- off one's guard
- off-ones-guard
- off one's hands
- off-ones-hands
- off one's head
- off-ones-head
- off one's nana
- off-ones-nana
- off one's nut
- off-ones-nut
- off one's own bat
- off-ones-own-bat
- off one's rocker
- off-ones-rocker
- off one's scone
- off-ones-scone
- off one's stroke
- off-ones-stroke