Definition of Diversions

1. Noun. (plural of diversion) ¹

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Definition of Diversions

1. diversion [n] - See also: diversion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diversions

diversifications
diversified
diversifier
diversifiers
diversifies
diversiform
diversify
diversifying
diversing
diversion
diversionary
diversionary attack
diversionary landing
diversionist
diversionists
diversions (current term)
diversities
diversity
diversity index
diversity jurisdiction
diversivolent
diversly
diversories
diversory
divert
diverted
divertee
divertees
diverter
diverters

Literary usage of Diversions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"I suppose I should have to add, though, ' by way of motto, " And in short it led to the very Mag's ' " diversions. Old Saying. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"THE diversions OF PURLEY.* WE remember perfectly our boyish disappointment in first making acquaintance with the well-known work of Home Tooke. ..."

3. A portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Moral Education by Thomas Clarkson (1807)
"PHE diversions of the field are usually followed by people,, ... Those, also, who attend these diversions, are so numerous, and their rank and station and ..."

4. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Taken from a View of the Moral Education by Thomas Clarkson (1807)
"SECTION I. diversions of the field—diversions of the jield forbidden—General ... J- HE diversions of the field are usually followed by people, ..."

5. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"diversions at court—The Spaniards surprise Amiens—Rosny contrives the means of retaking this place—He is put at the head of the council cf-finances in the ..."

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