Meaning of toadess | Babel Free

Definitions

A female toad.

rare

Examples

“Taking a hoe this morning, (could find⟳ no spade but the ace,) I exhumed a toadess, perhaps a widow, living all by herself, in underground lodgings, as widows have⟳ done, and will do, again and again, till there is no such thing as widowdom in the world.”

“The toad likes cool, moist earth, neither muddy nor dusty, and just after a shower, when the roads are just properly moistened, the little toads and toadesses go forth to promenade and enlarge their acquaintance with the world beyond the cabbage-leaf of their nativity.”

“They [toads] lead⟳ a very retired and pensive life during the day, behind stun walls, but when twilight begins tew dress for the night, then the toads and toadesses begin⟳ to reconnoiter round.”

“I do know⟳ that all the respectable toads and toadesses of my acquaintance always went down in family parties into the water and there brought forth a respectable and legitimate family of tadpoles.”

““A toad’s highest idea of beauty is a toadess;” says another [proverb].”

“[T]hey […] stuffed their faces into the grass, shaking uncontrollably, silently. What could they see⟳? […] Some animal? ‘And from his queer abode came forth giant toad, a toadess in a bodice.’”

“As the saying goes, “I’ve kissed many toadesses in my time, but I finally found a princess.””

“3 hideous L[on]d[o]n toadesses looking for 3 dashing princes for fun, wine & magik.”

“i am not a prince in disguise / i’m merely a toad / looking for a toadess / to undress // rose / taking kindly to a croaking toad / decided / to assist in his search⟳ / for an undressed frog”

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