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  • noun the skin of a toad, or leather made therefrom

Etymologies

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toad +‎ skin

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Examples

  • Steinberger nails Powell's toadskin to the wall, writing that When Powell was appointed secretary of state, such was his stature at home and abroad that he was widely expected to be the new administration's vicar of foreign policy.

    Archive 2004-03-01 2004

  • Steinberger nails Powell's toadskin to the wall, writing that When Powell was appointed secretary of state, such was his stature at home and abroad that he was widely expected to be the new administration's vicar of foreign policy.

    From the "Don't Panic" department... 2004

  • Steinberger nails Powell's toadskin to the wall, writing that When Powell was appointed secretary of state, such was his stature at home and abroad that he was widely expected to be the new administration's vicar of foreign policy.

    Tet II - Another ring of Hell 2004

  • Steinberger nails Powell's toadskin to the wall, writing that When Powell was appointed secretary of state, such was his stature at home and abroad that he was widely expected to be the new administration's vicar of foreign policy.

    What he is speaks so loudly... 2004

  • "A toadskin, ma," replied Billy, shutting up Colburn with a farewell glance of contempt.

    Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

  • "A toadskin, ma," replied Billy, shutting up Colburn with a farewell glance of contempt.

    A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother" Fitz Hugh Ludlow

  • Roger retorted by sending Andrew (for his next birthday) two volumes of Brann the Iconoclast bound in what Robert Cortes Holliday calls "embossed toadskin."

    The Haunted Bookshop 1918

  • "A toadskin, ma," replied Billy, shutting up Oolburn with a farewell glance of contempt.

    Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Thomas L. Masson 1900

  • However, like some of our western medical men, he did not confess his ignorance, but proceeded to prescribe a huge dose of boiling water, to be followed a little later by a compound of pulverized deer's horn and dried toadskin.

    A Chinese Wonder Book Norman Hinsdale Pitman 1900

  • Robinson Crusoe, and every time I make a toadskin I'll gouge a piece out of one side of the stick, and every time I spend one I'll gouge a piece out of the other. "

    Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature Various

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