Toad-in-a-Hole (1778)

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   OED has 1787 for "toad in a/the hole."  This wins me a date with Nigella Lawson.
   From the LITERATURE ONLINE database:

Huddesford, George, 1749-1809
   WARLEY, A SATIRE, PART THE SECOND (from The Second Part of Warley (1778))
   ...Macarony takes place of a Toad in a Hole;...