What does popjoying mean?
Popjoying means (dated, rare) sport; amusement..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated, rare) sport; amusement..
Tom […] became a fisherman from that day. Within a month from the taking of the first stickleback, Benjy had carried off our hero to the canal, in defiance of Charity; and between them, after a whole afternoon's popjoying, they had caught three or four small, coarse fish […]
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Popjoying means (dated, rare) sport; amusement..
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Tom […] became a fisherman from that day. Within a month from the taking of the first stickleback, Benjy had carried off our hero to the canal, in defiance of Charity; and between them, after a whole afternoon's popjoying, they had caught three or four small, coarse fish […]
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