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Word: hoptoad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also made Harry Truman as sore as a hoptoad in a thumbtack factory by suggesting in 1948 that the Democrats ought to get a better presidential candidate. After Truman was nominated, O'Dwyer gave him the biggest motorcycle escort ever assembled in New York, but the President, though virtually deafened by sirens, did not forgive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Fortune's Child | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

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