Synonyms for toad
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tohd |
| Phonetic Transcription : toÊŠd |
Définition of toad
Origin :- Old English tadige, tadie, of unknown origin and with no known cognates outside English.
- noun amphibian
- "Of money you mean, Toad," she answered, kicking him with her slippered foot.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- According to one version of the story, Tschang O took the shape of this toad.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- One of the ablest men, Mr. Toad, after all, that this country ever produced.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Mr. Toad's career in the House was as correct as his conduct out of it.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- I was more loathsome in my own eyes than was a toad, and I thought I was so in God's eyes too.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- There is a charming story about a toad, called Monsieur le Vicomte.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various
- When the toad first emerges from the egg it is amazingly like the fish.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- It seemed to him to combine the repulsive qualities of a spider and a toad.
- Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel
- Mr. Toad had been under the big piece of bark which he called a house.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- St. Patrick fly away with the toad and the ugly smile of him!
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
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