All 3 Uses of
diversion
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- In these amusements the greater portion of them had been occupied for a couple of hours before, and as the most agreeable diversions pall upon the taste on a too protracted enjoyment of them, the sterner spirits now began to hammer the floor with their boot-heels, and to express their dissatisfaction by various hoots and cries.†
Chpt 2
- Thus, he made them butts, in a double sense, and while he emptied them with great address, caused them to ring with sundry well-administered taps, for the diversion of society.†
Chpt 19
- 'About what, mama?' said Kate, who had apparently quite forgotten her diversion.†
Chpt 41 *
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