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toad⋅eat⋅er

  [tohd-ee-ter]
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–noun
a toady.
Origin:
1565–75; toad + eater
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toad·eat·er   (tōd'ē'tər)   
n.  A toady.

[Originally, a charlatan's helper who ate (or pretended to eat) poisonous toads so that his employer could display his prowess in expelling the poison.]
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