Old Broad Street.
[This word is most probably of Oriental origin, and may have been
imported by the gypsies, the ass being their favourite quadruped.
Persian _gudda_ signifies an ass; and _ghudda_ has the same
signification in Hindostanee.--Jamieson's _Scottish Dictionary_.]
_Toady._--Will any of your readers be kind enough to explain the origin
of this word, which is constantly used in conversation when speaking of
a sycophant?