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- noun Plural form of
toadeater .
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Examples
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I have dwelt the more upon it from knowing what language has been held by Lord N (orth's) toadeaters about Storer.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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Then my Lord March called upon the duke, who stood in the midst of an army of his toadeaters.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Then my Lord March called upon the duke, who stood in the midst of an army of his toadeaters.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Then my Lord March called upon the duke, who stood in the midst of an army of his toadeaters.
Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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Then my Lord March called upon the duke, who stood in the midst of an army of his toadeaters.
Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899
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I have dwelt the more upon it from knowing what language has been held by Lord N (orth's) toadeaters about Storer.
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Adorers she had and to spare, toadeaters and flatterers,
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There was the captain of the Thunderer, Collinson by name, Lord Comyn and two brother officers, Will Fotheringay, my cousin Philip, openly pleased to be found in such a company, and some dozen other toadeaters who had followed my Lord a-chair and a-foot from the ball, and would have tracked him to perdition had he chosen to go; and lastly Tom Swain, leering and hiccoughing at the jokes, in such a beastly state of drunkenness as I had rarely seen him.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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There was the captain of the Thunderer, Collinson by name, Lord Comyn and two brother officers, Will Fotheringay, my cousin Philip, openly pleased to be found in such a company, and some dozen other toadeaters who had followed my Lord a-chair and a-foot from the ball, and would have tracked him to perdition had he chosen to go; and lastly Tom Swain, leering and hiccoughing at the jokes, in such a beastly state of drunkenness as I had rarely seen him.
Richard Carvel — Volume 03 Winston Churchill 1909
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There was the captain of the Thunderer, Collinson by name, Lord Comyn and two brother officers, Will Fotheringay, my cousin Philip, openly pleased to be found in such a company, and some dozen other toadeaters who had followed my Lord a-chair and a-foot from the ball, and would have tracked him to perdition had he chosen to go; and lastly Tom Swain, leering and hiccoughing at the jokes, in such a beastly state of drunkenness as I had rarely seen him.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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