Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a toad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Like a toad.
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- adjective obsolete Like a
toad .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then put them back in their little shady, cool nooks so they can keep up with their toadish business.
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A plump, toadish man, Butler was bald except for a swatch of thick black hair around the back of his round pumpkin head.
Nutrition 2010
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Edgar Hoover in one of his most toadish expressions.
McCain on ‘Saturday Night Live’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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P.S: I'm German and speak french as well and surely the toadish language spoken in the dark realms of N'Kai, but nobody really wants to hear
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Even his unblinking stare had something unnervingly toadish about it.
The Christmas Bride Jordan, Penny 2006
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A plump, toadish man, Butler was bald except for a swatch of thick black hair around the back of his round pumpkin head.
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But better that than to be pledged to a toadish Rain Wild man.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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He smiled a toadish smile, confident suddenly that they needed him, that he could turn the whole situation to his profit.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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I think should I write a column praising Obama's wit, taste in books, and metrosexuality I would be dubbed principled rather than cynical, 'even-handed' rather than self-serving, and a maverick rather than toadish.
Works and Days 2008
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I think should I write a column suddenly taking the "high road", praising Obama's wit, taste in books, and metrosexuality, I would be dubbed principled rather than cynical, 'even-handed' rather than self-serving, and a maverick rather than toadish.
Works and Days 2008
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