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Synonyms for toady


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : toh-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtoʊ di

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Définition of toady

Origin :
  • "servile parasite," 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally referring to the assistant of a charlatan, who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison (1620s). The verb is recorded from 1827. Related: Toadied; toadying.
  • noun sycophant
  • verb fawn
Example sentences :
  • I mean to hold my own, and do as I please with my own, and live as I like, and toady no one.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • I guess they got you up here simply to make you toady to them.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
  • "I did—but I was afraid the fellows would kill me if I didn't do it," whined the toady.
  • Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
  • "Oh, I'll take you up," cried the other, stung into recklessness by Toady's taunts.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • Billiard has been used to saying the word and Toady has obeyed.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • "You mean that Toady did," spluttered the indignant Billiard.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • "Up Pike's Peak," said Toady, without so touch as looking back.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • Oh, pshaw, Toady, I tell you there ain't such a thing as a ghost!
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • Toady was in deadly earnest, but still the older boy temporized.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • Toady's never seen what one looks like, so we're taking him along to get a peek at it.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
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