toastmaker

English

Etymology

toast +‎ maker

Noun

toastmaker (plural toastmakers)

  1. A person or machine that makes toast (cooked bread).
    • 1867, Archie's ambition:
      It was quite an office she had taken to herself, that of toastmaker to the family, and she made quite a serious business of it. First, there was to be mamma's toast, that was to be very thin and crisp...
    • 1950 October 23, LIFE:
      The new Dormeyer Toastmaker is the modern way to make toast — with that good "old-fashioned" flavor.
  2. A toastmaster, one who proposes toasts at a formal occasion.
    • 1896, The American magazine:
      As to the host — it is he who is toastmaker on such a gala occasion as I describe.
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