toadeater

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The captain was a rake and a bully and a toadeater, of course, with a loud and profane tongue, and he had had a bottle too many in the duke's travelling-coach.

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  • Chris-Gonzales on 02 Mar 2009 - 23: 50 toadeater on 02 Mar 2009 - 23: 55 —  Neowin.net / All
  • Well somehow Vista does run better on my pc, i only use XP due to my tvcard waruikoohii on 04 Mar 2009 - 14: 47 toadeater on 05 Mar 2009 - 23: 59 —  ActiveWin.com Headlines
  • The captain was a rake and a bully and a toadeater, of course, with a loud and profane tongue, and he had had a bottle too many in the duke's travelling-coach. —  Richard Carvel — Complete
  • For in the achievements of the table, what toadeater besides can be compared with them? —  Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01
  • Nor let be supposed that he was in any way a toadeater. —  A Dark Night's Work
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  1. Originally, a charlatan's helper who ate (or pretended to eat) poisonous toads so that his employer could display his prowess in expelling the poison.
 

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