hoptoad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hoptoad
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Leo Lionni is a well-known designer and ex-art director, whose collages, this time out, would scare a hoptoad.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
"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 Eugene Field
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 Robert Gordon Anderson
So the girls ran over to meet their Guardian, and the hoptoad was averted.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
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