toast

Tea was a very special institution, revolving as it did around the ceremony and worship of Toast. In [public schools] where alcohol, tobacco and drugs were forbidden, it was essential that something should take their place as a powerful and public totem of virility and cool. Toast, for reasons lost in time, was the substance chosen.

At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.

He was the toast of high society.

If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!

Coordinate term: snackbar