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Tim Lodge
May 6th, 2008, 03:39 AM
Here are 18 cunning defs of the word JAGGERY, only one of which came
from my dictionary. Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum
message (in reply to this one), before the deadline of

18:00 BST on Wednesday 30th April, which is
17:00 UTC
1:00 PM EDT
10:00 AM PDT, all on the same day


New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
at http://tinyurl.com/br3oc

-- Tim L


** JAGGERY **

1: a salmon farm.

2: [obs] imaginary.

3: jokes; small talk.

4: _arch._ the jaguar.

5: quality of being irregular.

6: conjuring, esp. deceitful trickery.

7: a mock hunt, usu. presented at a ball.

8: (< _Ger. jaeger_, hunter) a trophy room.

9: irregular leading between lines of type.

10: dishonest practices, especially in politics.

11: slavery practiced by animals; especially ants.

12: descriptive of a stage performance with excessive wild movement.

13: a style of Victorian fretwork spandrel found in Folk Victorian
style houses.

14: a small open boat fitted with oars or sails, or both, and used
primarily in shallow waters.

15: a coarse dark brown sugar made in India by evaporation from the
sap of various kinds of palm.

16: a revolving drum in which objects are dried, reduced in size,
polished, or cleaned. Also called tumbling barrel.

17: a nonsense word from a children's game ('Jiggery-Jaggery') played
on a stairway and having a 'mountain climbing' theme.

18: a wandering from side-to-side [obs. only now found in the phrase
"jiggery-jaggery" - - an uncomfortable journey; see both "jig" and
"jag"]

Tim Lodge
May 6th, 2008, 03:42 AM
Ooops - the deadline is of course on Wednesday 7th May, NOT 30th
April. That'll teach me not to cut and paste!

-- Tim L

Tim B
May 6th, 2008, 05:16 AM
6 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

Guerri Stevens
May 6th, 2008, 05:21 AM
I vote for 6 and 8.

Guerri

Daniel B. Widdis
May 6th, 2008, 05:57 AM
I'll jig-jag with 17 and 18.

--
Dan Widdis

Judy Madnick
May 6th, 2008, 07:55 AM
<< 3: jokes; small talk.

<< 13: a style of Victorian fretwork spandrel found in Folk Victorian
<< style houses.

Judy Madnick
Jacksonville, FL

EnDash@aol.com
May 6th, 2008, 07:59 AM
I'll take a chance on 8 and 13

-- Dick Weltz





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France International
May 6th, 2008, 08:36 AM
I'll fall for 13 and 14.

Dodi Schultz
May 6th, 2008, 09:24 AM
Tim, you left out the real one! I'm surprised; that's the first time you've
slipped.

Looking forward to finding out what it is. Meanwhile, I'll give points to
the authors of #8 and #15.

--Dodi

waynescottmd@earthlink.net
May 6th, 2008, 10:07 AM
10 and 13, please.

Nancy Shepherdson
May 6th, 2008, 06:47 PM
3 and 13? Nothing seems remotely right, including mine.

Nancy

Dave Cunningham
May 6th, 2008, 09:53 PM
17 and 18 as being almost combinable ...

Dave

On May 6, 4:39*am, Tim Lodge <iel7j... (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 18 cunning defs of the word JAGGERY, only one of which came
> from my dictionary. *Vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum
> message (in reply to this one), before the deadline of
>
> * * * * * * * * 18:00 BST on Wednesday 30th April, which is
> * * * * * * * * 17:00 UTC
> * * * * * * * * *1:00 PM EDT
> * * * * * * * * 10:00 AM PDT, all on the same day
>
> New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this
> round. Don't look in a dictionary. Full rules, if you're curious, are
> athttp://tinyurl.com/br3oc
>
> -- *Tim L
>
> *** JAGGERY **
>
> *1: a salmon farm.
>
> *2: [obs] imaginary.
>
> *3: jokes; small talk.
>
> *4: _arch._ *the jaguar.
>
> *5: quality of being irregular.
>
> *6: conjuring, esp. deceitful trickery.
>
> *7: a mock hunt, usu. presented at a ball.
>
> *8: (< _Ger. jaeger_, hunter) a trophy room.
>
> *9: irregular leading between lines of type.
>
> 10: dishonest practices, especially in politics.
>
> 11: slavery practiced by animals; especially ants.
>
> 12: descriptive of a stage performance with excessive wild movement.
>
> 13: a style of Victorian fretwork spandrel found in Folk Victorian
> style houses.
>
> 14: a small open boat fitted with oars or sails, or both, and used
> primarily in shallow waters.
>
> 15: a coarse dark brown sugar made in India by evaporation from the
> sap of various kinds of palm.
>
> 16: a revolving drum in which objects are dried, reduced in size,
> polished, or cleaned. Also called tumbling barrel.
>
> 17: a nonsense word from a children's game ('Jiggery-Jaggery') played
> on a stairway and having a 'mountain climbing' theme.
>
> 18: a wandering from side-to-side [obs. only now found in the phrase
> "jiggery-jaggery" - - an uncomfortable journey; see both "jig" and
> "jag"]

Tony Abell
May 7th, 2008, 06:27 AM
I'll go for the inevitable 12 and obvious 18.

> 12: descriptive of a stage performance with excessive wild movement.

> 18: a wandering from side-to-side [obs. only now found in the phrase
> "jiggery-jaggery" - - an uncomfortable journey; see both "jig" and
> "jag"]