What does toad-eater mean?
Toad-eater means Alternative form of toadeater..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of toadeater..
It is very hard that a pretty Woman is never to be told she is so by any one of her own Sex, without that person's being suspected to be either her determined Enemy, or her professed Toad-eater.
This sort of toadies are arrant loafers, and are like the locusts of the scriptures, with this difference, that whereas clouds of locusts were necessary to do any serious damage a few or even one hungry toady has been known to fasten upon a man of limited means and devour his substance utterly, so as to reduce him to the same negative condition of prosperity as the toad-eater himself.
Indeed, as to the dowager, she seems to have no greater joys than E.O. and a toad-eater can give her.
Wolff, my dear, is the toad-eater. In the old days every great man kept a toad-eater; sometimes his functions were highly paid— Wolff's are, I fancy.
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Toad-eater means Alternative form of toadeater..
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It is very hard that a pretty Woman is never to be told she is so by any one of her own Sex, without that person's being suspected to be either her determined Enemy, or her professed Toad-eater.
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