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Definition of 'tardis'

English

Noun

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  • * 1995 , Liz Stanley, The Auto/Biographical I: The Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto-Biography , page 54:
  • The photograph 'the romance of the auto/biographer's desk' is a tardis ; when I enter the photograph I can move through time, move through a variety of times indeed.
  • * 1999 , in The Organic Way , issues 157–174, page 53:
  • This small paperback book is a veritable tardis of tips on how to preserve the harvest glut. It covers 51 types of fruit and vegetables, including herbs.
  • * 2009 , Dominic Varadi, The Credit Crunch Conspiracy , page 214:
  • 10 Downing Street is a tardis of a property. Behind its famous black door lies a maze of corridors, offices and reception rooms. In one such room, decorated with oak panelling and oil paintings
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