† spit-frogn.
Obsolete. rare.
In contemptuous use: A sword.
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1615 Fennor Defence in J. Taylor Wks. (1630) ii. 152/2 I would not see thy spightfull Spit-frog drawne.
1656 J. Harrington Common-wealth of Oceana 6 What pastures you have will come unto the ballance of propriety, without which the publick sword is but a name or meer spit-frog.
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