toadies

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Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl. {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.]
   1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
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            Before I had been standing at the window five
            minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were
            all toadies and humbugs.              --Dickens.
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   2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
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