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Synonyms for tommyrot
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tom-ee-rot |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒm iˌrɒt |
Top 10 synonyms for tommyrot Other synonyms for the word tommyrot
- claptrap
- drivel
- fatuity
- flightiness
- folly
- foolishness
- fun
- garbage
- gibberish
- giddiness
- hogwash
- hooey
- hot air
- idiocy
- imprudence
- inanity
- irrationality
- jazz
- jest
- jive
- joke
- ludicrousness
- madness
- mumbo jumbo
- palaver
- piffle
- poppycock
- prattle
- pretense
- ranting
- rashness
- rigmarole
- rot
- rubbish
- scrawl
- scribble
- senselessness
- silliness
- soft soap
- stupidity
- thoughtlessness
- tomfoolery
- trash
- tripe
- twaddle
Définition of tommyrot
Origin :- 1884, from tommy in sense of "a simpleton" (1829), diminutive of Tom (as in tomfool) + rot.
- noun nonsense
- But inevitably there would be some who would say, "Tommyrot!"
- Extract from : « The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society » by Upton Sinclair
- And all the tommyrot one hears at home about another mutiny brewing!
- Extract from : « The Three Sapphires » by W. A. Fraser
- "Oh, Tommyrot," said Bob, though at heart he did not know just what was liable to happen.
- Extract from : « Bob Hunt in Canada » by George W. Orton
- "It's tommyrot, that's what it is," Amy said with conviction.
- Extract from : « Left Tackle Thayer » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- He says it's all tommyrot about Marraville paying him to put him out of his misery.
- Extract from : « From the Housetops » by George Barr McCutcheon
- I realize perfectly that all this sounds like tommyrot, and that superstition may be a relic of barbarism and ignorance.
- Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
- I havent time to explain my reasons for cutting that tommyrot out, retorted Piper.
- Extract from : « The New Boys at Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
- Can you imagine our minds embracing each other, thrilling at the contact,—oh, it's tommyrot.
- Extract from : « Sunny Slopes » by Ethel Hueston
- Our object is to check by every legitimate means the spread of tommyrot in this country and the world generally.
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
- I am a young man still, with years and years before me in which I shall no doubt talk a lot of tommyrot.
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
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