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French-toasty

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of French toast.

informal

Examples

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.”
“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.”
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.”
The French toast bagel here didn’t seem especially French-toasty, but Dobbs was almost dizzy with desire.”
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.”
“Do you remember how a baby’s head smells? Sort of warm and French-toasty.”
Your leftover Passover matzo has a new home, and it’s in thisFrench-toastydelicious dish!”
“[…] a gabbling sweetness – semi-lurid white sugar in a French-toasty kind of way…; […]”
Overnight Cinnamon Roll CasseroleFrench-toasty hunks of challah are dusted with cinnamon and drizzled with sweet icing in this simple riff on cinnamon rolls.”
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.”
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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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