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toady [ˈtəʊdı] VB intr N (to)

toady

谄媚(者) chǎnmèi

toady

拍马屁(的人) pāi mǎpì

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I like fat buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, glutinous, toady. www.newsminer.com

He was also, incidentally, a supreme toady, fraudulent scholar and humbug. en.wikipedia.org

Henchmen in this sense are also sometimes called lackeys, toadies, or mooks (with the latter term more often used for lesser minions of the villain). en.wikipedia.org

The back of the pamphlet listed nine men identified as toadies. en.wikipedia.org

He is a stereotypical bureaucrat who gives new definition to the word petty -- a nightmare tyrant to his underlings and a quivering toady towards his superiors. en.wikipedia.org

I wonder what use the player is toady, assuming it still works. www.caradvice.com.au

What they lack in integrity, intellect, subtlety or even simple arithmetic they make up for in low cunning, venality, toadying and shamelessness. www.telegraph.co.uk

We could dismiss some of it as monarchist toadying, but it appears in private letters too. www.telegraph.co.uk

Don't toady to the rich; don't be arrogant to the poor. en.wikipedia.org

The charges stemmed from a pamphlet listing nine men as bankers' toadies and advocating their extermination. en.wikipedia.org

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