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- MILQUETOAST Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Caspar Milquetoast is a comic strip character created in 1924 by cartoonist Harold T Webster Beginning a few years after the character's debut, the term milquetoast came to describe a timid or meek person
- Milquetoast - Wikipedia
Caspar Milquetoast was a popular American cartoon character created by H T Webster The term "milquetoast" has since come to be used to describe a meek or timid person
- MILQUETOAST Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
MILQUETOAST definition: a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated See examples of milquetoast used in a sentence
- milquetoast - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Adjective milquetoast (comparative more milquetoast, superlative most milquetoast) (originally US, informal, derogatory) Meek, timid; lacking character or effectiveness Synonyms: feeble, ineffectual, insipid
- How The Term Milquetoast Is Linked To An Old Breakfast Food
"Milk toast," or less flatteringly "milk sop," was a self-explanatory, bland dish consisting of buttered toast served in a dish of warm milk It had to be eaten with a spoon because it's so
- Remembering Caspar Milquetoast, the Original Snowflake
As popular as these comics were, it wasn’t until the introduction of Caspar Milquetoast that Webster became a legend Milquetoast first appeared around 1926, while Webster was working at the
- MILQUETOAST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
In this day and age of milquetoast rock stars, it's refreshing to be repulsed by the old-school guys She browbeats her milquetoast husband and runs down her adult son Thus, the term milquetoast entered the language as the label for a timid, shrinking, apologetic person
- The origin of the word ‘milquetoast’ - Columbia Journalism Review
Merriam-Webster defines “milquetoast” as “a timid, meek, or unassertive person,” the implication being that a “milquetoast” person is afraid to stand up, worried about backlash
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