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Toadeater  n.  A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. "You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself."





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... — N. flatterer, adulator; eulogist, euphemist; optimist, encomiast, laudator[Lat], whitewasher. toady, toadeater[obs3]; sycophant, courtier, Sir Pertinax MacSycophant; flaneur[Fr], proneur[Fr]; puffer, touter[obs3], claqueur[Fr]; clawback[obs3], earwig, doer of dirty work; parasite, hanger-on &c. (servility) 886. yes-man, suckup, ass-kisser [vulgar], brown-noser [vulgar], teacher's ...
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