Crossword clues for toadies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl. Toadies. [Shortened from toadeater.]
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A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs.
--Dickens. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.]
--Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
n. (toady English) vb. (en-third-person singulartoady)
Wikipedia
Toadies are an American alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song " Possum Kingdom." The band's classic lineup consisted of Vaden Todd Lewis on vocals/ guitar, Mark Reznicek on drums, Lisa Umbarger on bass, and Darrel Herbert on guitar. It formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2001 after Umbarger left the group. The band reformed and released an album, No Deliverance in 2008. In 2010, they re-released the album Feeler with Kirtland Records (the album's original release had been denied by Interscope in 1997). The band's most recent album, Heretics, was released in September 2015.
Usage examples of "toadies".
The sec men and high-level toadies sitting around the long table jumped to their feet when he entered.
The rest were either servants, who scuttled back and forth with food trays and beverage tankards, or the baron's male toadies, who filled rows of straight-backed chairs like an audience gathered for an evening of chamber music.
He stirred up constant intrigues among sec men and toadies, then conducted bloody purges of those he considered the most dangerous.
Some sec men and toadies were crouched at one end of the patio, doing something along the steel-pipe railing.
He knew that the baron and his head toadies were up there watching the show, confident in their own safety.
The toadies and their families crushed to the sides of the well to get out of their way.
The handful of very important toadies cowered on the couch, and nervous sec men were pacing with their blasters at the ready.
Ryan turned and saw that a new pair of stickies had leaped over the railing and driven two of the toadies into a corner of the patio.
If he balked, plenty of other toadies would take his place, and Candlemas might find himself out on the street.
He was surrounded, as usual, by slavering toadies who complimented his every notion and laughed at his feeble jokes.
Idiot toadies standing by while their master made ready to tear down a dam holding unfathomable magic.
Even the toadies and lickspittles among the midshipmen — and naturally there were several — hated the tyrant.
Simpson would lay his dirk‑scabbard on the table in front of him with a significant glance, and the toadies would close round Hornblower, who knew that any hesitation on his part would mean that he would be stretched across the table and the dirk‑scabbard applied.
Even the toadies and lickspittles among the midshipmen-and naturally there were several-hated the tyrant.
Simpson would lay his dirk-scabbard on the table in front of him with a significant glance, and the toadies would close round Hornblower, who knew that any hesitation on his part would mean that he would be stretched across the table and the dirk-scabbard applied.