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"]
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"]