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A skewer of toadish olives slouched against the side of the glass, blue cheese innards oozing grease across the surface of the drink.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

Either you plump for shiny high jinks, as epitomized by the early Bond pictures, or you descend into a stagnant netherworld of multiple bluffs, home to the toadish guile of George Smiley.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2015

Every decade since, as shown in the current glut of reflective movies, looks tacky, toadish, its own parody.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among them is Margaret Harbottle, one of the ubiquitous breed of freeloaders who roam the world as travel writers, and a toadish old sultan called Buffles, who keeps the past alive with elaborate polo parties.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smith jangled on, his scraper making toadish hops and tortoise-like tips and amblings over the inequalities in the way.

From Claim Number One by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)