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toast of the town (plural toasts of the town)
- (idiomatic, dated) A person, male or female, who is admired and very popular in local society, and who is sought after to attend parties, public events, etc.
c. 1780, Robert Burns, Mary Morison:I sat, but neither heard nor saw:
Tho' this was fair, and that was braw,
And yon the toast of a' the town,
I sigh'd, and said among them a',
"Ye are na Mary Morison."
1898 November 25, “A Woman's Unique Revenge”, in Atlanta Constitution, page 4:Miss Moore was the toast of the town, and numerous were the advantageous opportunities of matrimony of which she was the recipient.
1945 September 28, Allen V. Dowling, “Detroit Needs Just One More”, in Warsaw Daily Union, USA, retrieved 29 Aug. 2011, page 5:Newhouser was the toast of the town for his masterful, 11 to 0 shutout in which he struck out 10 batters.
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- Popularized in North America in the 1950s as an alternative name of The Ed Sullivan Show television program.
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