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
So the girls ran over to meet their Guardian, and the hoptoad was averted.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret
"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
Among her many lovers were the south wind and the fairy Dewlove and the little elf-prince Beambright and the hoptoad, whom all the rest called Mr. Roughbrown.
From The Holy Cross and Other Tales by Field, Eugene
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