pet aversion
Example Sentences
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Scotland was always for Johnson a pet target that he waggishly exploited as a pet aversion; it produced endless gibes on tour as well as at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
My pet aversion is the historical novel, which falsifies history to meet the requirements of romantic fiction, and falsifies romance by trying to force it into the framework of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
"This way, my lord," Stubbs replied, turning with suspicious readiness--the bats were his pet aversion.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
"I'm going down to the saloon to meet 'Pickles,' your pet aversion, Pedro Mancha, and we're going to find a fourth."
From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Ridgwell Cullum
Friday is the sailor's pet aversion, as an unlucky day on which to sail or begin work.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor
