Breville

Borrowed from French Bréville.

Breville (plural Brevilles)

1. A surname from French.

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Breville is the 204970^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 98 individuals.

Breville (plural Brevilles)

1. (UK, genericized trademark) A sandwich toaster; toastie maker.
   • 2001 07, Waitrose Food Illustrated:

     Katie Barrett rabbits on about 'mixing my toasties'. It was a revelation to me that you could cook an egg sarnie in a Breville.

   • 2013 September 30, Mark Davies, My nightmare: Two terrible years of my life, Booktango, →ISBN:

     One of these was Ronnie, the bible basher who had been transferred to another unit for fighting (he had swung a breville at another prisoners head but fortunately without too much damage).

2. A toasted sandwich (toastie)
   • 2010 October 15, Bee Wilson, Sandwich: A Global History, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 126:

     Toasties (Brevilles, Jaffles etc.) COMPOSITION : Any filling imaginable ( from cheese and pickles to banana and Nutella ) sandwiched and toasted between two slices of bread.

   • 2018 May 17, Max Halley, Ben Benton, Max's Sandwich Book: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Perfection Between Two Slices of Bread, Bonnier Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 77:

     And just so we are clear, these are Brevilles, not some sourdough, fried in a pan bollocks.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Breville”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225.
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