Both Uses of
diversion
in
David Copperfield
- The blowing of the coach-horn in the yard was a seasonable diversion, which made me get up and hesitatingly inquire, in the mingled pride and diffidence of having a purse (which I took out of my pocket), if there were anything to pay.†
Chpt 4-6
- This would occasion a diversion in Jip's favour, and some inking of his nose, perhaps, as a penalty.†
Chpt 43-45 *
Definition:
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(diversion as in: a diversion to draw troops away) a distraction -- something that draws someone's attention so they don't notice something else