hoptoad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hoptoad
Example Sentences
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He also made Harry Truman as sore as a hoptoad in a thumbtack factory by suggesting in 1948 that the Democrats ought to get a better presidential candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leo Lionni is a well-known designer and ex-art director, whose collages, this time out, would scare a hoptoad.
From Time Magazine Archive
That hoptoad didn't wait to make sure that bumble-bee was good to eat; he took it for granted, and was sorry afterward.
From The Portygee by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
"She was pretty once," said the old hoptoad; "but she lost her opportunity when I made up my mind to go wooing a certain glossy damsel in the hedge."
From The Holy Cross and Other Tales by Field, Eugene
He didn't sit like a hoptoad any more, but lay on his elbow, and his head nodded—nodded——nodded.
From Half-Past Seven Stories by Anderson, Robert Gordon
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