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Melba toast

Mel·ba toast


noun 
Definition:
 
thin crisp toast: very thin slices of bread toasted on both sides, sliced horizontally to expose two untoasted sides of bread that are then toasted too, so that the bread curls

[Early 20th century. After Dame Nellie Melba]
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