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most awful jokes at which his staff would titter politely.<br />

--n. 2 chuckle, snicker, giggle, (suppressed) laughter,<br />

chortle, snigger: A titter ran through the audience.<br />

titular adj. nominal, so-called, so-designated, so-styled, self-styled,<br />

soi-disant, token, putative, theoretical: He may be the titular<br />

head of the company, but his brother is really the boss.<br />

20.5 toast...<br />

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toast n. 1 tribute, pledge, salutation(s), greeting(s),<br />

felicitations, honour, good wishes, appreciation,<br />

remembrance(s), cheers: The speaker proposed a toast to the<br />

editor-in-chief. 2 heroine, hero, favourite, darling, idol:<br />

Jenny was the toast of the town.<br />

--v. 3 pay tribute to, salute, drink to, honour, greet,<br />

congratulate, felicitate: We toasted our fallen comrades.<br />

toilet n. 1 (water) closet, WC, men's (room), ladies' (room), (public)<br />

convenience, facility or facilities, washroom, bathroom,<br />

lavatory, privy, outhouse, urinal, (in France) pissoir,<br />

vespasienne; Nautical head, Chiefly military latrine, Chiefly US<br />

rest room, New England necessary, Colloq the Gents, the<br />

Ladies('), powder-room, little girls' room, little boys' room,<br />

Brit loo, smallest room (in the house), Military ablutions,<br />

Slang Brit bog, karzy, US and Canadian john, can, crapper: They<br />

excused themselves to go to the toilet. 2 Formal or literary<br />

grooming, dressing, making up, Brit toilette: She was still at<br />

her toilet when we arrived.<br />

toilsome adj. arduous, laborious, tough, hard, difficult, strenuous,<br />

burdensome, onerous, back-breaking, exhausting, fatiguing,<br />

tiring, enervating, wearying, draining: After a toilsome ascent<br />

we finally reached the first camp.<br />

token n. 1 coin, disc: You need to buy a token to get through the<br />

turnstile. 2 symbol, sign, mark, marker, badge, emblem,<br />

indication, proof, evidence: The purple trim on a Roman toga<br />

was a token of its wearer's elevated status. 3 souvenir,

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