Daniel B. Widdis
June 12th, 2006, 04:36 AM
Eighteen definitions are presented for your amusement, only one of which
came from my dictionary. Some minor formatting changes (capitalization and
punctuation) were made by the dealer in an attempt to present all
definitions in a consistent form. Any errors are the fault of the dealer.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to vote for TWO of these
definitions, as a public reply to this message. The deadline for voting is
in approximately 33.5 hours, at 11pm in Baghdad on Tuesday, June 13. That's
19.00 GMT, 3pm EDT, and Noon PDT, which I trust are enough conversions for
everyone to get a reference in their own time zone.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules provided on request if you can't find
them!
** TACKIE **
1: A stable-boy.
2: A yachtsman. (sl.)
3: Wooden roofing tile; shingle.
4: Hard bread, often served as brewis.
5: _Scot._ A round hollow in a hillside.
6: A small grey finch of Northern England and Scotland.
7: A perennial vine with deep yellow bracts, S. benignum.
8: Sports kit. [S.Afr. sl for 'tackle' - 'tacko' is Australian]
9: _Scot._ A temporary enclosure, often made of brush, for isolating one or
more sheep which need special attention.
10: A tactical action in chess in which a player tries to make the opponent
believe that he or she made an error. See also: gambit.
11: In Scandinavian folklore, a gremlin that hides things around the house.
12: A type of semi-adhesive wax based on beeswax and glycerin.
13: Slang term for the large-mouth speckled bass. (Can.)
14: A ship cut down by reducing the number of decks.
15: _S. Afr._ One of a pair of sneakers.
16: The first assistant of a key grip.
17: _Scot._ An oatmeal biscuit.
18: _Scot._ A cooper.
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came from my dictionary. Some minor formatting changes (capitalization and
punctuation) were made by the dealer in an attempt to present all
definitions in a consistent form. Any errors are the fault of the dealer.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to vote for TWO of these
definitions, as a public reply to this message. The deadline for voting is
in approximately 33.5 hours, at 11pm in Baghdad on Tuesday, June 13. That's
19.00 GMT, 3pm EDT, and Noon PDT, which I trust are enough conversions for
everyone to get a reference in their own time zone.
New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round.
Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules provided on request if you can't find
them!
** TACKIE **
1: A stable-boy.
2: A yachtsman. (sl.)
3: Wooden roofing tile; shingle.
4: Hard bread, often served as brewis.
5: _Scot._ A round hollow in a hillside.
6: A small grey finch of Northern England and Scotland.
7: A perennial vine with deep yellow bracts, S. benignum.
8: Sports kit. [S.Afr. sl for 'tackle' - 'tacko' is Australian]
9: _Scot._ A temporary enclosure, often made of brush, for isolating one or
more sheep which need special attention.
10: A tactical action in chess in which a player tries to make the opponent
believe that he or she made an error. See also: gambit.
11: In Scandinavian folklore, a gremlin that hides things around the house.
12: A type of semi-adhesive wax based on beeswax and glycerin.
13: Slang term for the large-mouth speckled bass. (Can.)
14: A ship cut down by reducing the number of decks.
15: _S. Afr._ One of a pair of sneakers.
16: The first assistant of a key grip.
17: _Scot._ An oatmeal biscuit.
18: _Scot._ A cooper.
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