| 单词 | tommyrot |
| 例句 | "It's tommyrot. But just for once I think we've got to obey the doctor." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Safonoff says turns out to be as idiotic a dream as all this tommyrot of yours?” The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z “Oh, tommyrot,” said Ned in deep disgust, listening in all seriousness to the girls’ banter. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z I hate honor, and noblesse oblige, and all such tommyrot. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Of course it 207 was all perfect tommyrot, but, just the same—well, it did sound like music! Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Well"—his smile broadened—"deductive faculty—Sherlock Holmes—Dupin—that sort of tommyrot, you know. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The wild stories of extravagant promises made to the steel workers during their organization are pure tommyrot, as every experienced union man knows. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z That idea they've got in his office that he may have had aphasia or been kidnapped is all tommyrot. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z Anybody can see through that sort of tommyrot, if he isn't a fool. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z And all the tommyrot one hears at home about another mutiny brewing! The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z “Donkeys do die, you know—that little bit of tommyrot about the absence of their dead bodies to the contrary.” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories You live—apart—and you just wrap yourself round with the traditions of the Leavitts and all that—tommyrot! Happy House “But finally they let me have my own way about it–though daddy called it ‘infant tommyrot’–and so here it is!” Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance The beastly trouble seems to be to distinguish between the gospel and the tommyrot.” The Spoilers of the Valley “What does this tommyrot mean?” the sheepman demanded angrily. Crooked Trails and Straight Oh, look here, you know, this is all tommyrot! Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Said I'd ruin my husband, and a lot of such tommyrot. American Cookery November, 1921 Yes, but at the presentation of each new one the ague always shakes me, for always at the last moment I see that I have written rubbish, tommyrot, cheap trash . The Comedienne Our object is to check by every legitimate means the spread of tommyrot in this country and the world generally. Lalage's Lovers From Oregon came an impetuous, slangily-worded exhortation to Lydia not to make a fool of herself and miss the best of life to live up to the tommyrot standard of old dry-as-dust Endbury. The Squirrel-Cage She very kindly explained that undying affection, tender devotion, and the protection of manly arms were all tommyrot; that she really didn't care to be enshrined queen of anyone's heart or home. Torchy, Private Sec. He drew the line at what he defined as social tommyrot, and he drew it more and more sharply. North of Fifty-Three "Spit out the dregs of that congratulatory tommyrot, or you'll poison yourself with such a big dose of hypocrisy." The Comedienne The rapid increase of the habit of talking tommyrot was dwelt upon and the necessity for prompt action was emphasized. Lalage's Lovers Nothing, nothing—absolutely nothing, if he has any sense and drops this municipal ownership tommyrot. A Certain Rich Man He says it's all tommyrot about Marraville paying him to put him out of his misery. From the Housetops Can you imagine our minds embracing each other, thrilling at the contact,—oh, it's tommyrot. Sunny Slopes Some tommyrot about a conspiracy against the Czar. The Boy Scouts In Russia Lalage was, in my opinion, herself guilty of something very like the sin of tommyrot when she mocked another bishop for a sermon he had preached on "Empire Day." Lalage's Lovers All I tried to do was to make her forget the tommyrot. The Day of the Beast I realize perfectly that all this sounds like tommyrot, and that superstition may be a relic of barbarism and ignorance. A Yankee in the Trenches Is it not astonishing that any person intelligent enough to teach school would talk such tommyrot to students and look serious while doing so? In His Image Confounded impertinence!—And what tommyrot—dancing like this, in the afternoon with boots on! The Reason Why I had to let the next deal pass without any further attempt to discover Dodds's opinion about tommyrot. Lalage's Lovers As for me, I'm glad I'm not a grind and don't have to bother my head about such tommyrot. The Half-Back And we all said it was tommyrot, and she was to tell us. The Story of the Treasure Seekers What hope for a people so mentally emasculate that they can patiently listen to his jejune wind-jamming, can read and relish his irremediable tommyrot? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 He understood now what was meant by an obsession—all the states of love he had read of in French novels and dismissed as "tommyrot." The Reason Why When it worked round to my turn to deal again I gave out the cards very slowly and made another attempt to find out whether Dodds did or did not agree with Lalage about tommyrot. Lalage's Lovers No editor ever publishes such tommyrot unless paid therefor, because he knows that no sane person will read it. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 He therefore had no science, that is, no knowledge—outside his profession—but only what is called learning, though tommyrot would be a fitter name for it. The Grain of Dust The other night, when I made up my mind to sleep there, I tried to tell myself all this talk was tommyrot. The Abandoned Room "What does he care about this tommyrot—he'll take no notice of it." Purple Springs Each member of the committee is pledged to expose in the press by means of scathing articles, and thus hound out of public life any man, whatever his position, who is caught talking tommyrot. Lalage's Lovers And when I'm told that I ought to be thankful for some such tommyrot as that, it makes me just want to go out and shoot somebody!' Pollyanna Grows Up "Most of it was tommyrot," said his father. Kilmeny of the Orchard You can dishonor the lot of us now, if you care to, by—oh, tommyrot! The Eye of Zeitoon The newspapers would howl calamity, and the demagogues would preach that I would soon impose English wages in the shops, and all that tommyrot. Half a Rogue I am a young man still, with years and years before me in which I shall no doubt talk a lot of tommyrot. Lalage's Lovers I have heard much silly talk of this being an age of free women, and I have always said it was tommyrot. The First Man "And the bishops," I said, "still wear their purple stocks, their aprons, and their gaiters; and still talk tommyrot through the length and breadth of the land." Lalage's Lovers It is all tommyrot to the outsider; but the proprietor is generally a shrewd business man and makes vanity pay tribute to his exchequer. Half a Rogue |
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