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tommyrot

Utter nonsense.

β€œTommyrot! No hen ever laid an egg that size.”

❦ Note: First recorded 1880–85, from β€˜tommy’ (simpleton) + β€˜rot’; Mary Kingsley used it in 1899.

#nonsense #talk

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