The Only Use
torrent
in
The Railway Children
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- The very sleepers on which the rails lay were a delightful path to travel by — just far enough apart to serve as the stepping-stones in a game of foaming torrents hastily organized by Bobbie.†
p. 31.7torrents = overwhelming amounts
Definitions:
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(1)
(torrent) an overwhelming amount -- especially of quickly moving water
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)