[Dixonary] FURPHY definitions!

[Dave Cunningham]

A nice dozen possible definitions for "FURPHY" of which kindly vote for
two, sans recourse to a dictionary, before 8 a.m. EDT on Friday 30 March
2018.


1. a water cart.
2. a thumbscrew.
3. a tinker's tool kit.
4. an advertising sticker.
5. description of pestilential diseases.
6. instant mashed potato made from powder. [Ir. sl.]
7. a leaching well in an agricltural irrigation system.
8. [Obs] out-of-breath; harshly or unfairly treated.
9. [Obs] a horse-drawn cart used to collect night soil.
10. a type of wild onion, typically dark green in color, spindly, and
inedible.
11. [Film] a plot device which divert's the audience's attention away from
something significant.
12. a yellow arsenic sulfide mineral woth a monoclinic crystalline
structure, also known as orpiment.


Dave (known for getting a really wide range of possible choices)


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[Judy Madnick]

I'll take the carts today:

1. a water cart.
9. [Obs] a horse-drawn cart used to collect night soil.

Judy

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.



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From: "Dave Cunningham" <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>
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Dated: 3/28/2018 9:00:03 AM
Subject: [Dixonary] FURPHY definitions!


A nice dozen possible definitions for "FURPHY" of which kindly vote for two, sans recourse to a dictionary, before 8 a.m. EDT on Friday 30 March 2018.




1. a water cart.
2. a thumbscrew.
3. a tinker's tool kit.
4. an advertising sticker.
5. description of pestilential diseases.
6. instant mashed potato made from powder. [Ir. sl.]
7. a leaching well in an agricltural irrigation system.
8. [Obs] out-of-breath; harshly or unfairly treated.
9. [Obs] a horse-drawn cart used to collect night soil.
10. a type of wild onion, typically dark green in color, spindly, and inedible.
11. [Film] a plot device which divert's the audience's attention away from something significant.
12. a yellow arsenic sulfide mineral woth a monoclinic crystalline structure, also known as orpiment.




Dave (known for getting a really wide range of possible choices)





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[Johnb - co.uk]

#4 and #7 for me please

*John*

> Â* 4. an advertising sticker.
>
> Â* 7. a leaching well in an agricltural irrigation system.


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[Ryan McGill]

4 & 7, because they look least bonkers.


4. an advertising sticker.
> 7. a leaching well in an agricltural irrigation system.
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[Tim B]

1 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 4 and 5.


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[—Keith Hale—]

I'm liking 10 & 12, this time, thanks!
-Keith-

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[nancygoat]

I'll take 2 and 12, please.

Nancy

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[Shani Naylor]

I'll vote 4 & 9

4. an advertising sticker.
9. [Obs] a horse-drawn cart used to collect night soil.



On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:00 AM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>
wrote:

> A nice dozen possible definitions for "FURPHY" of which kindly vote for
> two, sans recourse to a dictionary, before 8 a.m. EDT on Friday 30 March
> 2018.
>
>
> 1. a water cart.
> 2. a thumbscrew.
> 3. a tinker's tool kit.
> 4. an advertising sticker.
> 5. description of pestilential diseases.
> 6. instant mashed potato made from powder. [Ir. sl.]
> 7. a leaching well in an agricltural irrigation system.
> 8. [Obs] out-of-breath; harshly or unfairly treated.
> 9. [Obs] a horse-drawn cart used to collect night soil.
> 10. a type of wild onion, typically dark green in color, spindly, and
> inedible.
> 11. [Film] a plot device which divert's the audience's attention away
> from something significant.
> 12. a yellow arsenic sulfide mineral woth a monoclinic crystalline
> structure, also known as orpiment.
>
>
> Dave (known for getting a really wide range of possible choices)
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[Stephen Dixon]

Just because I like 'em and think they deserve some points:

#8 - out-of-breath

#11 - the the plot device

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>
wrote:

> A nice dozen possible definitions for "FURPHY" of which kindly vote for
> two, sans recourse to a dictionary, before 8 a.m. EDT on Friday 30 March
> 2018.
>
>
> 1. a water cart.
> 2. a thumbscrew.
> 3. a tinker's tool kit.
> 4. an advertising sticker.
> 5. description of pestilential diseases.
> 6. instant mashed potato made from powder. [Ir. sl.]
> 7. a leaching well in an agricltural irrigation system.
> 8. [Obs] out-of-breath; harshly or unfairly treated.
> 9. [Obs] a horse-drawn cart used to collect night soil.
> 10. a type of wild onion, typically dark green in color, spindly, and
> inedible.
> 11. [Film] a plot device which divert's the audience's attention away
> from something significant.
> 12. a yellow arsenic sulfide mineral woth a monoclinic crystalline
> structure, also known as orpiment.
>
>
> Dave (known for getting a really wide range of possible choices)
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[Efrem G Mallach]

I'll try 6 and 10: 10 because my wife liked it, and 6 because it sounds Irish.

Efrem

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> On Mar 28, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:
>
> A nice dozen possible definitions for "FURPHY" of which kindly vote for two, sans recourse to a dictionary, before 8 a.m. EDT on Friday 30 March 2018.
>
>
> 6. instant mashed potato made from powder. [Ir. sl.]
>
> 10. a type of wild onion, typically dark green in color, spindly, and inedible.

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[Christopher Carson]

I’ll go for 4 and 10.

Chris


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> On Mar 29, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Efrem G Mallach <emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote:
>
> I'll try 6 and 10: 10 because my wife liked it, and 6 because it sounds Irish.
>
> Efrem
>
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>> On Mar 28, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:
>>
>> A nice dozen possible definitions for "FURPHY" of which kindly vote for two, sans recourse to a dictionary, before 8 a.m. EDT on Friday 30 March 2018.
>>
>>
>> 6. instant mashed potato made from powder. [Ir. sl.]
>>
>> 10. a type of wild onion, typically dark green in color, spindly, and inedible.
>
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