What does toad eater mean?
Toad eater means (archaic, derogatory) A fawning, obsequious parasite; a low sycophant or flatterer..
Toad eater
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Meaning
(archaic, derogatory) A fawning, obsequious parasite; a low sycophant or flatterer..
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1819, J. Wilson, Complete Dictionary of Astrology "Horary Questions", Of Theft. a chaplain, tutor, toadeater, or some superior servant
You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself.
Not that he was what is commonly called a Screw; that is to say he was not a mere screw; but he was acute and malicious; saw everybody's worth and position at a glance; could not bear to expend his choice wines and costly viands on hangers-on and toad-eaters, though at the same time no man encouraged and required hangers-on and toad-eaters more.
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- toadeaters
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1819, J. Wilson, Complete Dictionary of Astrology "Horary Questions", Of Theft. a chaplain, tutor, toadeater, or some superior servant
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