[Dixonary] Round 2703: PEELY-WALLY vote

[Daniel Widdis]

Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your
amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products
of our distinguished group's collective imaginations.

You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by
public reply to this message.

I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33
hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST,
and 1AM Wednesday NZST.

1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called
walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
and southern Canada

2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel"
in English-speaking Canada

3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on
catch size

4. An unspecified, imaginary or figurative disease of sheep

5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child

6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance

7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]

8. In an arbitrary fashion

9. (Sc.) Naked

10. A chimney style

11. Pale and sickly in appearance

12. An Australian version of dodgeball

13. Strip or ribbon gathered into flutings

14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]

15. A mixture of wine dregs and rubble used to loosen old wallpaper

16. A gentleman stroller in a town or city, esp. one who seeks immoral
company

17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria

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[Tim B]

It has to be 1 or 2.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[JohnB]

The pale London bobby for me - that is #11 and #14 please

*JohnnyB*

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[—Keith Hale—]

I like 15 & 16, please.
-Keith-

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[Judy Madnick]

These definitions are very fishy.

Well, I'll go with 1 and 17 for lack of a better idea.

Judy Madnick

Albany, NY

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[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 7 and 14.

Guerri

On 4/25/2016 2:00 AM, Daniel Widdis wrote:
>
> 7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]
>
> 14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]

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[Dave Cunningham]

4 and 14 today.

Dave


On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 2:00:55 AM UTC-4, Dan Widdis wrote:

> Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your
> amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products
> of our distinguished group's collective imaginations.
>
> You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by
> public reply to this message.
>
> I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33
> hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST,
> and 1AM Wednesday NZST.
>
> 1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called
> walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
> and southern Canada
>
> 2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel"
> in English-speaking Canada
>
> 3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on
> catch size
>
> 4. An unspecified, imaginary or figurative disease of sheep
>
> 5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child
>
> 6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance
>
> 7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]
>
> 8. In an arbitrary fashion
>
> 9. (Sc.) Naked
>
> 10. A chimney style
>
> 11. Pale and sickly in appearance
>
> 12. An Australian version of dodgeball
>
> 13. Strip or ribbon gathered into flutings
>
> 14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]
>
> 15. A mixture of wine dregs and rubble used to loosen old wallpaper
>
> 16. A gentleman stroller in a town or city, esp. one who seeks immoral
> company
>
> 17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
> esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria
>
>

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[endash@verizon.net]

Numbers 8 and 17 are my guesses.    -- Dick Weltz
 




 



 





On 04/25/16, Daniel Widdis<widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 



Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your
amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products
of our distinguished group's collective imaginations.

You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by
public reply to this message.

I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33
hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST,
and 1AM Wednesday NZST.

1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called
walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
and southern Canada

2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel"
in English-speaking Canada

3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on
catch size

4. An unspecified, imaginary or figurative disease of sheep

5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child

6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance

7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]

8. In an arbitrary fashion

9. (Sc.) Naked

10. A chimney style

11. Pale and sickly in appearance

12. An Australian version of dodgeball

13. Strip or ribbon gathered into flutings

14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]

15. A mixture of wine dregs and rubble used to loosen old wallpaper

16. A gentleman stroller in a town or city, esp. one who seeks immoral
company

17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll take a small walleye (2) and a large prawn (17).


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[Steve Graham]

1 and 3 please

Steve Graham
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Ralph Waldo Emerson


1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
and southern Canada

3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on catch size


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[Efrem Mallach]

1 and 2 for me, though I really did read all of them.

Efrem

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> On Apr 25, 2016, at 2:00 AM, Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products of our distinguished group's collective imaginations.
>
> You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by public reply to this message.
>
> I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33 hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST, and 1AM Wednesday NZST.
>
> 1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S. and southern Canada
>
> 2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel" in English-speaking Canada

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[Dodi Schultz]

Eschewing all fish and other swimming creatures, and convinced it's an
adjective, I'll try

> 5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child
>
> and
>
> 11. Pale and sickly in appearance

—Dodi



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[Shani Naylor]

I'll try 8 & 11.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Daniel Widdis <widdis (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> Seventeen definitions for PEELY-WALLY are presented below for your
> amusement and/or edification. One is correct, the others are products of
> our distinguished group's collective imaginations.
>
> You may vote for two, whether or not you submitted a definition, by public
> reply to this message.
>
> I'll close the polls Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016, at 8:00 AM PDT, 33
> hours from now. That's 11AM EDT, 3PM UTC, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST, 11PM AEST,
> and 1AM Wednesday NZST.
>
> 1. Regional (esp. n. Minnesota) name for the walleye, also called
> walleyed pike or pickerel, a freshwater fish native to the northern U.S.
> and southern Canada
>
> 2. A small walleye, a member of the perch family and called "pickerel" in
> English-speaking Canada
>
> 3. [sl.] A fish that is too small to keep, due to legal limits on catch
> size
>
> 4. An unspecified, imaginary or figurative disease of sheep
>
> 5. [Yorks.] Unkempt, especially of a child
>
> 6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance
>
> 7. A bare-skin swimmer [USA Juv. Sl.]
>
> 8. In an arbitrary fashion
>
> 9. (Sc.) Naked
>
> 10. A chimney style
>
> 11. Pale and sickly in appearance
>
> 12. An Australian version of dodgeball
>
> 13. Strip or ribbon gathered into flutings
>
> 14. An over-officious policeman [London sl.]
>
> 15. A mixture of wine dregs and rubble used to loosen old wallpaper
>
> 16. A gentleman stroller in a town or city, esp. one who seeks immoral
> company
>
> 17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
> esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria
>
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[Paul Keating]

5 & 11.

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[Tony Abell]

It's past the deadline, but just in case, I'll take 6 and 17:

> 6. A feeling of dizziness and unbalance

> 17. [Aust. slang] A large prawn found off the north coast of Australia,
> esp, in the Gulf of Carpentaria

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