lobster-toad

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• Lobster

  ·add. ·noun As a term of opprobrium or contempt: A gullible, awkward, bungling, or undesirable perso...

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• lobster

  A nick name for a soldier, from the colour of his clothes. To boil one's lobster, for a churchman to...

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• lobster

  n. The name is often carelessly usedin Australia for the Crayfish (q.v.). ...

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• lobster

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• Toad

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• toad

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• butterfly-lobster

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• cobler's-lobster

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• lobster-boat

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• Sea toad

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• Surinam toad

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• toad eater

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• toad-fish

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• toad-fish

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• holy-cross toad

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