====== 'Toad' etymology ======

>Toad (n.) \\ c. 1300, from late Old English //tadige, tadie,// of unknown origin and according to OED with no known cognates outside English. Applied to loathsome persons from 1560s. Toad-strangler "heavy rain" is from 1919, U.S. Southern dialectal.
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>Source : [[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=toad|Online Etymology Dictionary]]


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