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
It'll be a thrilling bit of reading, and ought to give our pet aversion a cold shiver when he gets its import.
From The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant by Ferguson, Donald
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 Taylor, Benjamin
Her pet aversion, Miss Merton, was not occupying the chair behind it.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Lester, Pauline
