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toadeater


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Toadeater  \Toad"eat`er\,  n.  [Said  to  be  so  called  in  allusion  to 
  an  old  alleged  practice  among  mountebanks'  boys  of  eating 
  toads  (popularly  supposed  to  be  poisonous),  in  order  that 
  their  masters  might  have  an  opportunity  of  pretending  to 
  effect  a  cure.  The  French  equivalent  expression  is  un  avaleur 
  de  couleuvres  Cf  {Toady}.] 
  A  fawning,  obsequious  parasite;  a  mean  sycophant;  a 
  flatterer;  a  toady.  --V.  Knox. 
 
  You  had  nearly  imposed  upon  me  but  you  have  lost  your 
  labor.  You're  too  zealous  a  toadeater,  and  betray 
  yourself  --Dickens.