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milk toast
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noun
toast, usually buttered, served in hot milk with sugar or with salt and pepper.
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Origin of milk toast
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH milk toast
milk toast , milquetoastWords nearby milk toast
milksop, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar, milk thistle, milk toast, milk tooth, milk train, milk vetch, milkweed, milkweed beetle
Other definitions for milk toast (2 of 2)
milk-toast
[ milk-tohst ]
/ ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst /
adjective
easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
noun
Origin of milk-toast
First recorded in 1815–25
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