milk toast

noun

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

Origin of milk toast

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH milk toast

milk toast , milquetoast

Words nearby milk toast

milksop, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar, milk thistle, milk toast, milk tooth, milk train, milk vetch, milkweed, milkweed beetle

Definition for milk toast (2 of 2)

milk-toast

[ milk-tohst ]

/ ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst /

adjective

easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.

noun

milquetoast.

Origin of milk-toast

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example sentences from the Web for milk toast

Ephraim drew up his chair, whimpering; but he fell to on the milk-toast with ardor, and his hand dropped from his side.
Pembroke|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
He was promoted to the milk-toast table, and then to the apple-sauce table.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty|J. W. de Forest
Sary threw up both hands in dismay—there was the milk-toast spattered all over the ground!
Polly and Eleanor|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
It looked very nice: milk-toast, and baked apples, and poached eggs, and a cup of nice cocoa.
Nelly's Silver Mine|Helen Hunt Jackson

Then eat slowly a little light food, such as milk-toast or very hot beef-tea.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)|Marion Harland

British Dictionary definitions for milk toast

milktoast

/ (ˈmɪlkˌtəʊst) /

noun

a variant spelling of milquetoast

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	milk toast
释义	milk toast noun toast, usually buttered, served in hot milk with sugar or with salt and pepper. Origin of milk toast An Americanism dating back to 1850–55 WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH milk toast milk toast , milquetoast Words nearby milk toast milksop, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar, milk thistle, milk toast, milk tooth, milk train, milk vetch, milkweed, milkweed beetle Definition for milk toast (2 of 2) milk-toast [ milk-tohst ] / ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst / adjective easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy. noun milquetoast. Origin of milk-toast First recorded in 1815–25 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for milk toast Ephraim drew up his chair, whimpering; but he fell to on the milk-toast with ardor, and his hand dropped from his side. Pembroke\|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman He was promoted to the milk-toast table, and then to the apple-sauce table. Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty\|J. W. de Forest Sary threw up both hands in dismay—there was the milk-toast spattered all over the ground! Polly and Eleanor\|Lillian Elizabeth Roy It looked very nice: milk-toast, and baked apples, and poached eggs, and a cup of nice cocoa. Nelly's Silver Mine\|Helen Hunt Jackson Then eat slowly a little light food, such as milk-toast or very hot beef-tea. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)\|Marion Harland British Dictionary definitions for milk toast milktoast / (ˈmɪlkˌtəʊst) / noun a variant spelling of milquetoast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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