"toad-like" meaning in English

See toad-like in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more toad-like [comparative], most toad-like [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} toad-like (comparative more toad-like, superlative most toad-like)
  1. Alternative form of toadlike Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: toadlike
    Sense id: en-toad-like-en-adj-YliwYx9A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VI, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 95:",
          "text": "Heavy and toad-like the old ladies looked; some fluttering like poultry, others shrinking into their own thoughts.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 25:",
          "text": "A very small expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it.",
          "type": "quote"
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  "word": "toad-like"
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    {
      "form": "more toad-like",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most toad-like",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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          "ref": "1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter VI, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 95:",
          "text": "Heavy and toad-like the old ladies looked; some fluttering like poultry, others shrinking into their own thoughts.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 25:",
          "text": "A very small expensive black toque was hideously unbecoming to the yellow, toad-like face beneath it.",
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        }
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