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Dodi Schultz
July 9th, 2005, 09:28 AM
We offer 22 claimed definitions for POUSSETTE. One has been rendered
verbatim from a reputable dictionary. The other 21 sprang from the fertile,
fiendish imaginations of your fellow players.

Choose, by number, the two you think most likely to be the actual def,
posting your guess by direct reply to this message.

Didn't submit a def? Yes, you can vote. New to the game? Yes, you can jump
in now--assuming you don't actually *know* the real def (don't look it up
until after you've voted).

Deadline: Sunday, 10 July, 8 p.m. EDT.

--DS


1. a hint.

2. a dickey.

3. a wry smile.

4. a round sofa-cushion.

5. a small evening handbag.

6. a little flower. [French]

7. to do-si-do your partner.

8. silk or rayon knitted fabric.

9. a small purse worn concealed on the body.

10. black or purple silk used as a garment lining.

11. a small implement for performing a manicure. [Fr]

12. a small cream-filled pastry in the shape of a tiny purse.

13. in cycling, a group of riders who have fallen behind the peloton.

14. a small pouch, usually worn on a belt or hung by a shoulder strap.

15. a needlework technique that produces raised areas of fabric
(pouches).

16. excess fat around the waist or hips; also known as "love handles."
[Fr]

17. a decorative boss on a stair-rail [F _poucette_, dim. of _pouce_,
thumb]

18. an early form of bicycle propelled by pushing on the ground with the
feet.

19. a country-dance figure in which couples or a couple join hands and
swing around the floor.

20. a reservoir or chamber containing a supply of liquid that can be
siphoned off as needed.

21. 1. a French peasant dance of Baroque origin in moderately quick duple
meter. 2. music for this dance.

22. a broad, low-lying, typically crescent-shaped mound of sandy or loamy
matter that is formed by the wind, especially along the windward side
of a lake basin.

leonardgoran
July 9th, 2005, 10:12 AM
--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Dodi Schultz <schultz@c...> wrote:
>POUSSETTE...Deadline: Sunday, 10 July, 8 p.m. EDT.<

Dodi, here are my 2 picks:

4. a round sofa-cushion.

10. black or purple silk used as a garment lining.

Regards, Len

Judy Madnick
July 9th, 2005, 10:27 AM
Oops! I'd better vote and not just sit here. <G>

Let's see: 14 and 15, please.

Judy Madnick
Albany, NY

John Barrs
July 9th, 2005, 10:49 AM
Dodi

Oh dear..... 'love handles' just can't be right but deserves a vote and um... #16 and #18 please

JohnnyB [using email; via corypaheus/yahoogroups]

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mshefler
July 9th, 2005, 11:03 AM
I'll take 1 and 16.

Paul Keating
July 9th, 2005, 11:22 AM
Hmm, lots of purses and pouches. So it's probably one of them. But,
eschewing them all, I'll take 13 and 22.


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Daniel B. Widdis
July 9th, 2005, 11:26 AM
Dodi,

You forgot to include the real def.

17 and 18 look the most likely of the 22 fakes...

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Dan

Frances Wetzstein
July 9th, 2005, 11:54 AM
#15 and #17 for me, please.

Frances Wetzstein

Wayne Scott
July 9th, 2005, 02:32 PM
I would vote for 23 and 24, but you didn't list them, so I'll try 21 and 22 as being closest to my real choices.
Baffled in Brazil

Dave Cunningham
July 9th, 2005, 04:10 PM
5 and 9 as being the first of the purses/pouches ...

Dave

Guerri Stevens
July 9th, 2005, 04:16 PM
I vote for 9 and 20

Guerri

Barbara Kryvko
July 9th, 2005, 05:27 PM
2 and 13

Bill Hirst
July 9th, 2005, 07:27 PM
11 and 21, because they're French.

-Bill

chm
July 9th, 2005, 07:36 PM
Defs #4 and #11 have my votes.

Carolyn

Tony Abell
July 10th, 2005, 11:08 AM
Something tells me to avoid the pouches and cushions, so I'll opt for
the extremely popular 17 and 18, please.

(Tony Abell)