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mshefler
June 10th, 2006, 09:39 AM
Dan Widdis and Dave Cunningham both scored unnatural 5's, but Dan is ahead in
the rolling scores, so he wins the deal.
1. [Sl.] an awkward apprentice, esp. in the building trades.
Submitter: Schultz Votes: 8 & 16 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Stevens

2. a stew or thick soup popular in southern coastal states, based
primarily on shrimp and other shellfish, with okra and whatever other
vegetables are in season.
Submitter: Crom Votes: 1 & 18 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Muths; Lodge

3. a rude or uncouth person.
Submitter: Emery Votes: 4 & 8 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Hirst

4. a varying weight in Turkey, Egypt, etc., approximately a
hundredweight.
Submitter: Heimerson Votes: 8 & 13 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Emery; Savage; Carson

5. [Xhosa] a curse or malevolent spell.
Submitter: Abell Votes: 6 & 16 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Muths

6. a medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; the only New
World monkey with a short tail.
Submitter: Kornelis Votes: 12 & 15 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Abell; Lodge

7. a brotherly term meaning someone from your original yard,hometown or
country.
Submitter: Muths Votes: 2 & 5 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Carson; Shepherdson

8. a small circular panel or window.
Submitter: Savage Votes: 4 & 17 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Schultz; Emery; Heimerson; Madnick

9. an impolite expression denoting a clumsy person.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 1 & 15 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

10. a clumsy oaf.
Submitter: Scott Votes: 13 & *14* 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Hirst

11. in India, a foreman or charge hand.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 2 & 6 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Bourne; Shepherdson

12. an aboriginal instrument similar to the didgeridoo but shorter.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 11 & *14* 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Kornelis

13. any of several marine fishes of the family Rhinobatidae, having a
guitar-shaped body and related to the skates and rays.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: *14* & 16 2 + 3 = 5
Voted for by: Heimerson; Scott; Cunningham

14. [Pers. <yabu, which is perhaps a corruption of Ar. ya’bub] defined by
Johnson as ‘a swift and long horse.’ A nag such as we call ‘a
galloway,’ a large pony or small hardy horse; the term in India is
generally applied to a very useful class of animals brought from
Afghanistan.
Submitter: Hobson-Jobson Vote: N/A D4
Voted for by: Scott; Bourne; Widdis; Cunningham

15. tenure in socage for a yearly rent.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 8 & 17 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Kornelis; Stevens; Barrs

16. [Cree] trout.
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 13 & *14* 2 + 3 = 5
Voted for by: Schultz; Abell; Widdis

17. an arid plateau of central Australia.
Submitter: Carson Votes: 4 & 7 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Savage; Madnick

18. a hobo's hiding place for valuables, made by sewing an old sock to
the inside waistband of one's trousers.
Submitter: Hirst Votes: 3 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Crom; Barrs

19. a japanese version of mahjong.
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 15 & 18 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:

No def: Shepherdson Votes: 7 & 11 0 + 0 = 0

Daniel B. Widdis
June 10th, 2006, 01:26 PM
And here I was thinking I didn't do very well this round. Guess I should
have been counting better.

New woid shortly.


On 6/10/06, mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
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> Dan Widdis and Dave Cunningham both scored unnatural 5's, but Dan is
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> the rolling scores, so he wins the deal.




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> Dan Widdis


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