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toadied Definition


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toady
noun
    toadies
    1. Someone who flatters someone else, does everything they want and hangs on their every word; a sycophant.
      Thesaurus: ).
verb
    tr & intr
    toadies, toadied, toadying
    1. To flatter them and behave obsequiously towards them.
      Form: toady to someone (usually)
Derivative: toadyish
adj
    Derivative: toadyism
    noun
      Etymology: 19c: shortened from toadeater an assistant or servant to a charlatan, who would pretend to eat poisonous toads so that his master could show his expertise in ridding the body of poison.



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