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[ hop-tohd ] / ˈhɒpˌtoʊd /
noun Chiefly Northeastern U.S.Origin of hoptoadAn Americanism dating back to 1820–30; hop1 + toad Words nearby hoptoadhopsack, hopsacking, hopscotch, hop, skip, and a jump, hop, step, and jump, hoptoad, hop to it, hoptree, hop trefoil, hop up, hopvine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hoptoadOn the afternoon of that same day, Marmaduke was sitting like a hoptoad, watching the Toyman dig post-holes in the brook pasture. Half-Past Seven Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson "Very likely," Reed answered rather shortly, as once more the hoptoad of a hand rested unpleasantly close to his shoulder. The Brentons|Anna Chapin Ray One minute she was jumpin' along amongst them gravestones like a hoptoad with wings, and then—Zing! Galusha the Magnificent|Joseph C. Lincoln The hoptoad was floor manager; the green burdock badge on his breast showed that. A Little Book of Profitable Tales|Eugene Field
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