pet aversion
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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
"Will each officer present," he said, "kindly name his pet aversion among his fellow-creatures?"
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay
Her pet aversion, Miss Merton, was not occupying the chair behind it.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Pauline Lester
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