The barrel was willingly emptied to honour the queen, and the toaster lamented he could honour her no more.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
Susanna rather reluctantly yielded the toaster, looking speculatively over her spectacles at her would-be helper.
"The Brass Bound Box"
Evelyn Raymond
Stafford found his grey-haired chief, arrayed in a flowered silk dressing-gown, balancing bread on an electric toaster.
"Jack O' Judgment"
Edgar Wallace