toastmaker

English

Etymology

toast +‎ maker

Noun

toastmaker (plural toastmakers)

1. A person or machine that makes toast (cooked bread).
   • 1867, Archie's ambition:

     It was quite an office she had taken to herself, that of toastmaker to the family, and she made quite a serious business of it. First, there was to be mamma's toast, that was to be very thin and crisp...

   • 1950 October 23, LIFE:

     The new Dormeyer Toastmaker is the modern way to make toast — with that good "old-fashioned" flavor.

2. A toastmaster, one who proposes toasts at a formal occasion.
   • 1896, The American magazine:

     As to the host — it is he who is toastmaker on such a gala occasion as I describe.