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the toast of somewhere

the person who is most admired somewhere. His charm and wit made him the toast of Paris.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form the toast of the town: After rave reviews of her play, she is the toast of the town.

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The talk rose higher and higher, and the regimental band played between the courses, as is the immemorial custom, till all tongues ceased for a moment with the removal of the dinner-slips and the first toast of obligation, when an officer rising said, "Mr. The Man Who Was by Kipling, Rudyard View in context That evening, at dinner in the big Viceregal tent, he stood up with the badge and the collar of the Order on his breast, and replying to the toast of his master's health, made a speech few Englishmen could have bettered. The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context More results

References in classic literature

The talk rose higher and higher, and the regimental band played between the courses, as is the immemorial custom, till all tongues ceased for a moment with the removal of the dinner-slips and the first toast of obligation, when an officer rising said, "Mr.

The Man Who Was by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

That evening, at dinner in the big Viceregal tent, he stood up with the badge and the collar of the Order on his breast, and replying to the toast of his master's health, made a speech few Englishmen could have bettered.

The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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