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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.] 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. --Dickens. 2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Toady \Toad"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toadied}; p. pr & vb n. {Toadying}.] To fawn upon with mean sycophancy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: toady n : a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: {sycophant}, {crawler}, {lackey}] v : court favor by cringing or flattering [syn: {fawn}, {truckle}, {bootlick}, {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
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