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Tom Sawyer
noun
- ( The Adventures of Tom Sawyer )a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
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At this point, he became Tom Sawyer, letting his musical compatriots—and the folk tradition—help paint his musical fence.
The controversy over Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is in many ways emblematic of the crisis in which publishing finds itself.
Meanwhile, Obama, once considered to be the smartest guy in the room, just keeps on painting Tom Sawyer's fence.
But the same is true of characters who have, as a result of their fame, become icons: Hamlet, Tom Sawyer, Lolita.
Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.
I did wish Tom Sawyer was there; I knowed he would take an interest in this kind of business, and throw in the fancy touches.
A good deal of whitewash has flowed past the fence, but Tom Sawyer's trick still holds good.
Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew.
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