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French-toasty en · ADJ

Etymology

From French toast + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of French toast.
   • The French toast bagel here didn’t seem especially French-toasty, but Dobbs was almost dizzy with desire. 2012 July 20, Peter Genovese, “Chewing over the choices: Munchers search for Jersey's best bagels”, in NJ.com, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2020:
   • Do you remember how a baby’s head smells? Sort of warm and French-toasty. 2016, Velya Jancz-Urban, Acquiescence, Mascot Books, →ISBN, page 102:
   • The point is to get a nice golden brown on the outside of the omelet to get some of the French-toasty flavor of the original. 2018, Dana Carpender, 500 Ketogenic Recipes: Hundreds of Easy and Delicious Recipes for Losing Weight, Improving Your Health, and Staying in the Ketogenic Zone, Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 71:
   • If you don’t like omelets (the menu offers a choice of fillings), and aren’t interested in the French-toasty sandwich, a final choice is chicken salad. 1976 May 9, Elaine Tait, “Grendel’s Too for Brunch”, in Today (The Philadelphia Inquirer), page 24:
   • The egg-dipped, grilled, French-toasty but also savory sort of sandwich might make folks of a certain age nostalgic for the Garden Court restaurant at Liberty House, where the sandwich was popular. 2014 February 5, Erika Engle, “Kissaten starts up strong in Waterfront Plaza spot”, in Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 133rd year, number 5, page B6, column 3:
   • Your leftover Passover matzo has a new home, and it’s in this “French-toasty” delicious dish! 2016, Simone Miller, Jennifer Robins, The New Yiddish Kitchen: Gluten-Free and Paleo Kosher Recipes for the Holidays and Every Day, Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 74:
   • And if you’re only going to offer one dessert, let it be a huge slab of French-toasty bread pudding with Kerrigold butter caramel, Maldon salt, toasted almonds and lots of whipped cream. 2023 May 25, Bethany Jean Clement, “Restaurant review: Here’s super-tasty, affordably priced seafood in Seattle”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 26 May 2023:
   • When a bunch comes for brunch or if you are only out to please your family on weekend mornings, try your hand at making Japanese Mandarin Orange Toasties, a delicious French-toasty kind of recipe that goes Oriental with a few new ingredients. 1970 February 19, “A Tasty Recipe That Goes Oriental”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 102, number 209, Alanta, Ga., page 10-F:
   • Overnight Cinnamon Roll Casserole — French-toasty hunks of challah are dusted with cinnamon and drizzled with sweet icing in this simple riff on cinnamon rolls. 2017 April 12, McCormick, “Best in Brunch: Egg-ceptional Easter sweets and eats”, in American Press, number 44,654, Lake Charles, La., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B1, column 1:
   • Obsessively perky Alex Klickstein, as the French-toasty tart Fifi, does a blend of the hora and the can-can, rolling on the laps of stunned spectators. 1989 May 26, Bill Marx, “Warped Web: Boston Baked Theatre get tied to the tracks”, in The Boston Phoenix, section three, page 22:
   • […] a gabbling sweetness – semi-lurid white sugar in a French-toasty kind of way…; […] 2017, Jim Murray, Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2018, Dram Good Books, →ISBN, page 349:

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