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 milquetoastWords nearby milk toast
milk sickness,
milk snake,
milk spots,
milk stout,
milk sugar,
milk toast,
milk tooth,
milk train,
milk vetch,
milk-alkali syndrome,
milk-and-water
Definition for milktoast (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