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milk toast

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

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism

milk-toast

[milk-tohst]
–adjective
1. easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
–noun
2. milquetoast.

Origin:
1815–25
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milk toast  
n.  Toast, usually buttered, served in warm milk, often with sugar or seasonings.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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