pet aversion
Example Sentences
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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
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
As Hunt well knew, her pet aversion was people who lugged mispronounced French phrases into their conversation under the impression that they imparted a piquant and graceful effect.
From Potts's Painless Cure 1898 by Edward Bellamy
This was very clever and very plucky; nevertheless, a tame laughing jackass that Harry had in a huge cage was to them a pet aversion.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
He was a capable man, however, despite his pet aversion, and there was concern in his voice when he spoke.
From Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer
