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Toady
Pronunciation : Toad"y
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Shortened from toadeater.]
Definition : 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens.
2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
pl. Toadies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Toad"y
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
t. [imp. & p. p. Toadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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