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The phrase "a roast of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a comedic event or performance where someone is humorously criticized or mocked, often in a light-hearted manner.
Example: "The event was a roast of the local celebrity, filled with jokes and playful jabs at their expense."
Alternatives: "a comedic roast of" or "a humorous roast of".
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A roast, of course!
Early in 1982, "someone gave a roast of me," he said.
The auction quickly turned into a roast of the former governor.
To save time, buy a roast of sirloin strip, also known as New York sirloin.
(It seems to be a roast of Jerrod Neimann's Drink to That All Night).
Is he so right?" Second, "The Good Lord Bird" is not, in the end, a roast of John Brown.
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I feared another demonization of the "bad guys," a roasting of yet another ugly caricature.
Roast goose, or Schweinshaxe – a roast knuckle of pork with crispy skin… it's so good..".
Michael Kornick's contemporary American menu recently included a roast rack of lamb, garlic flan, roasted plum tomatoes and mint.
He carves it exquisitely as if it is a gourmet dish, a roast rib of beef.
★★★★ Marks and Spencer Gloucester Old Spot Pork Sausages 360g, £3.79, marksandspencer.com This sausage smells like a roast leg of pork.
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