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I glanced at Fergus, fidgeting to and fro like a hoptoad with St. Vitus's dance, and decided that I might as well send a few messages myself.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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He didn't sit like a hoptoad any more, but lay on his elbow, and his head nodded -- nodded ---- nodded.
Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson
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On the afternoon of that same day, Marmaduke was sitting like a hoptoad, watching the Toyman dig post-holes in the brook pasture.
Half-Past Seven Stories Robert Gordon Anderson
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They looked all around them for something to capture, but all that they saw was an old lady hoptoad, going home from market.
Bully and Bawly No-Tail Howard Roger Garis 1917
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Then Uncle Wiggily looked down in the grass, and he saw a mamma hoptoad and a whole lot of her little toads hopping along.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels Howard Roger Garis 1917
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"It's only me," and if there wasn't a great, big, motherly-looking hoptoad, out in the dusty road, and the next moment if that toad didn't begin hopping up and down as fast as she could hop.
Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories Howard Roger Garis 1917
john commented on the word hoptoad
Train slang for when a train goes off the rails, I just learned from the developers of hoptoad.
December 6, 2008
frogapplause commented on the word hoptoad
I like the sound of "train slang".
The possibilities are endless... swanboat slang, rickshaw slang.
See the list: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.
(And, yes, I still don't know how to create links!)
December 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word hoptoad
The simplest links are created by joining arms with the person next to you. Please try this now.
December 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word hoptoad
It's got that hot and sexy "pt" combo!
December 13, 2008