toady
suomi-englanti sanakirjatoady englannista suomeksi
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hännystellä
toady englanniksi
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
(synonyms)
(RQ:Scott Canongate)
(RQ:Dickens Great Expectations)
(quote-book)
(RQ:Woolf Room of One's Own)
A coarse, rustic woman.
To behave like a toady (toward someone).
(quote-book)|title=The Simple Life Limited|passage=He had toadied to the late Mr William Morris: he had toadied to various members of the Fabian Society, he had toadied at first to the great Bransdon himself.
To behave like a toady toward (someone).
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(diminutive of).