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MaJoC the Filk	Origins: Valparaiso / Paddy Lay Back (58* d)	RE: Origins: Valparaiso / Paddy Lay Back	31 Aug 23
> "toad" in English .... "Borrowed from French", quoth Wictionary. My hardcopy Collins's* agrees, and adds "(Caribbean)", which suggests a migration route for the word as a pejorative. * That's not definitively helpful, as it's the first edition of the computer-sorted version, complete with the interesting errors (eg confusing Sardinia with Sardos as the origin of "sardonic").

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