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.
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.