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tommyrot

[tom-ee-rot] / ˈtɒm iˌrɒt /


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"The big rumors about meeting here to discuss stopping the bombing or to pull out," he said, "are just pure, absolute tommyrot and fiction."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was tommyrot, cried he to the press, for critics to complain because the plan did not aim at economy as well as efficiency.

From Time Magazine Archive

How much we scorn the little crumbs that are thrown our way, such as the $300 mustering-out pay and all such meaningless tommyrot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well, Barry." said Ike, "in my mind this is actual tommyrot.

From Time Magazine Archive

And all the tommyrot one hears at home about another mutiny brewing!

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.




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