Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contrivance for holding dry toast, each slice being held on edge between slender rings or supports of wire, etc.
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Examples
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“Just pass me that toast-rack,” I said, and shut him up completely.
First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006
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I could not and would not put up with a frightful German baron of music, with a polished card like a toast-rack, whom the Major tried to impress on me.
Erema Richard Doddridge 2004
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Johnny passing me the toast-rack, the marmalade ...
Madam Will You Talk Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1967
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If you do own the genuine thing, an electro-plated toast-rack will be all-sufficient.
Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest
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S ` lam prepared to put the toast-rack itself on the charcoal fire, with the bread in it, thus to "toast": the toast-rack we made ourselves, too, out of some old wire.
In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory
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It had sneaked up to a magnificent toast-rack with stabling accommodation for about eight pieces, given by somebody with a title.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 Various
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Put the toast in a toast-rack or stack it on a hot plate.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Ontario. Ministry of Education
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"Just," said Dinah, and put the last piece in the toast-rack.
The Sea of Adventure Blyton, Enid 1948
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Pass that toast-rack, will you ... and the marmalade. '
Coot Club Ransome, Arthur 1934
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Never mind, sweetheart, that Essay might be a sauce-pan some day -- or at any rate a cheap toast-rack.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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