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tommyrot

[ tom-ee-rot ]

noun

  1. nonsense; utter foolishness.

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tommyrot

/ ˈ³ÙÉ’³¾ÉªËŒ°ùÉ’³Ù /

noun

  1. utter nonsense; tomfoolery
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tommyrot1

1880–85; tommy simpleton ( tomfool ) + rot
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"It's tommyrot. But just for once I think we've got to obey the doctor."

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Safonoff says turns out to be as idiotic a dream as all this tommyrot of yours?â€

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“Oh, tommyrot,†said Ned in deep disgust, listening in all seriousness to the girls’ banter.

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I hate honor, and noblesse oblige, and all such tommyrot.

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Of course it 207 was all perfect tommyrot, but, just the same—well, it did sound like music!

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