Both Uses of
diversion
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Prosperous men take a little vengeance now and then, as they take a diversion, when it comes easily in their way, and is no hindrance to business; and such small unimpassioned revenges have an enormous effect in life, running through all degrees of pleasant infliction, blocking the fit men out of places, and blackening characters in unpremeditated talk.†
Chpt 3.7
- Tom thanked Mrs. Glegg, but evaded any promise to meditate nightly on her virtues; and Mrs. Glegg effected a diversion for him by asking about Mr. Deane's intentions concerning steam.†
Chpt 6.12 *
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