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Definition
any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- His disappearance is just a red herring across the track.p. 225.6
red herring = any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
- Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.p. 31.7
- She recited in a meaning voice: "Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three."p. 225.3
- She went on: "A red herring-that's the vital clue.p. 225.4
- Actually mentioning a red herring in the verse.p. 226.2
- He was still quite unsuspicious-and yet he ought to have been warned— If he had only remembered the words of the nursery rhyme, "A red herring swallowed one .p. 271.6
- He took the red herring all right.p. 271.6
- Armstrong's death is associated with a "red herring" which he swallowed-or rather which resulted in swallowing him!p. 274.4
There are no more uses of "red herring" in And Then There Were None.
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