Re: [Dixonary] Round 1623, MAVOURNEEN, the definitions

[leonardgoran]

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Chuck Emery" <chuck@t...> wrote:
>MAVOURNEEN...deadline...Sunday, July 03, 2005...9:00 AM EDT<

Chuck, my 2 guesses follow--please bear in mind that in the unlikely
event I win I won't be able to deal because I'll be in Annapolis
without a laptop! [g]

2. An Irish dish of chopped beef, potatoes, leeks, tomatoes, fennel,
and beer.

6. A rare Irish tambourine-like musical instrument with mauve Saran
wrap stretched across its top in place of where the skin would be
on a conventional tambourine. Regards, Len

[Toni Savage]

6 and 17... going for creativity this time!

Toni

--- Chuck Emery <chuck (AT) tdi (DOT) ca> wrote:

> There are a total of 17 definitions for MAVOURNEEN.
> Please vote for two, by
> public reply to this message, before the deadline,
> which is on Sunday, July
> 03, 2005, at
>
> 6:00 AM PDT
> 7:00 AM MDT
> 8:00 AM CDT
> 9:00 AM EDT and
> 2:00 PM BST.
>
> 1. A French folk dance in three-four time.
>
> 2. An Irish dish of chopped beef, potatoes, leeks,
> tomatoes, fennel,
> and beer.
>
> 3. Ancient Hindu stringed instrument played with a
> bow.
>
> 4. A sailing technique of rigging a spinaker abaft
> the mast to sail
> sternwards.
>
> 5. A small one-horse, two-person covered carriage,
> elegantly equipped
> and often used for courtship.
>
> 6. A rare Irish tambourine-like musical instrument
> with mauve Saran
> wrap stretched across its top in place of where
> the skin would be
> on a conventional tambourine.
>
> 7. A holiday, the first Monday in May,
> commemorating the arrival of
> Captain James Cook in Eastern Australia.
>
> 8. Cheap liquor made from corn husks and filtered
> through burlap sacks.
>
> 9. [Irish] My darling.
>
> 10. A small silver coin used in America and the West
> Indies during the
> 18th century.
>
> 11. [Irish] A widow.
>
> 12. Rock stele. (Irish Gaelic)
>
> 13. [Irish] A girl with red hair.
>
> 14. A sturdy ribbed fabric of wool, cotton, or wool
> and cotton, often
> with an embossed finish, used for clothing and
> upholstery.
>
> 15. A stomach-ache caused by overeating.
>
> 16. (Scots) A casual social gathering, usually for
> conversation.
>
> 17. _Gael._ [lit., individual destiny] Betrothed;
> sweetheart.
>
>


-- Toni Savage