[Dixonary] Round 1625, POUSSETTE: Da Defs

[Dodi Schultz]

I'm posting this on behalf of Tim Bourne. He's away from home and explains
that he cannot post to the Yahoo group, as he normally would, because the
ID it knows for him and the ID he's able to use at the moment are
different, so it won't take his messages.

He votes for #4 and #16.

--DS

[Toni Savage]

20 and 22, please.

--- Dodi Schultz <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com> wrote:

>
> 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.
>


-- Toni Savage

[Tim Lodge]

Dodi

I'll go for the scientific ones:

20 and 22 please.

-- Tim L