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
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 Donald Ferguson
All went well till in an unlucky moment he mentioned the phrase "voice-production," which was the maestro's pet aversion.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
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
