Tom Swifties (из "Аннотированного Пратчетта")

Tom Swifties (after the famous series of boys' novels which popularised them) are sentences of the form "xxx, said he zzz-ly", where the zzz refers back to the xxx. Examples:

"Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily.
"Let's look for another Grail!" Tom requested.
"I used to be a pilot," Tom explained.
"I'm into homosexual necrophilia," said Tom in dead earnest.

Сам Пратчетт пользуется этим приемом, например, в "The Light Fantastic", где Двацветок в пряничном домике "touched a wall gingerly."

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