[Dixonary] Round 1999: Vote for PLISKIE Pleaskie!

[Toni Savage]

OK! Here are 19 definitions for PLISKIE -- please vote for TWO by public reply to this message. This was in a rush, so all errors are the fault of the dealer. If there are typos, I don't guarantee that the REAL def doesn't have one.

Deadline will be Thursday evening at 9pm Eastern Daylight Time. (3pm PDT, 2am GMT):


1. a cornmeal griddle cake, served with sour cream and green onions.

2. a reed basket.

3. [Rus.] slang for Czech beer.

4. (sl.) insulated portable container

5. lively; spirited; cocky.

6. a benevolent spirit in Cornwall, similar to the Irish leprechaun.

7. a mischeivous trick such as Puck plays [Shak.Midsummer Nights Dream -
deriv. play and piskie (for pixie)]

8. A variety of large minnow, much used as bait in the Great Lakes.

9. _Scot._ var. f. _pixie

10. pickled herring. (Finn.)

11. a one-horse open carriage with a removable canopy.

12. in football (soccer), an error committed by kicking the ball toward
the wrong goal. named for the Polish player, Wladislaw Pliskie, who
committed the error during the 1928 Olympics

13. a cherry flavoured liquor generally found in eastern Poland.

14. stuffed pigs' trotter sausage

15. an aerial manoeuvre performed by a circus troupe.

16. the North Atlantic haddock.

17. An accomplice assisting in the commission of fraud.

18. Bathtub gin.

19. (Scot.) condition or plight: a mischevous trick. [Origin unknown]


-- Toni Savage

[Judy Madnick]

No clue but will go with the pixies:

<<7. a mischeivous trick such as Puck plays [Shak.Midsummer Nights
<<Dream -
<<deriv. play and piskie (for pixie)]

<<9. _Scot._ var. f. _pixie

Judy Madnick

[Dave Cunningham]

12 and 19 today -- I seem to be on a bad guess streak ...

Dave

On Apr 29, 7:42*am, Toni Savage <tonicsav... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
> OK! *Here are 19 definitions for PLISKIE -- please vote for TWO by public reply to this message. *This was in a rush, so all errors are the fault of the dealer. *If there are typos, I don't guarantee that the REAL def doesn't have one.
>
> Deadline will be Thursday evening at 9pm Eastern Daylight Time. *(3pm PDT, 2am GMT):
>
> 1. *a cornmeal griddle cake, served with sour cream and green onions.
>
> 2. *a reed basket.
>
> 3. *[Rus.] slang for Czech beer.
>
> 4. *(sl.) insulated portable container
>
> 5. *lively; spirited; cocky.
>
> 6. *a benevolent spirit in Cornwall, similar to the Irish leprechaun.
>
> 7. *a mischeivous trick such as Puck plays [Shak.Midsummer Nights Dream -
> deriv. play and piskie (for pixie)]
>
> 8. *A variety of large minnow, much used as bait in the Great Lakes.
>
> 9. *_Scot._ var. f. _pixie
>
> 10. *pickled herring. (Finn.)
>
> 11. *a one-horse open carriage with a removable canopy.
>
> 12. *in football (soccer), an error committed by kicking the ball toward
> the wrong goal. named for the Polish player, Wladislaw Pliskie, who
> committed the error during the 1928 Olympics
>
> 13. *a cherry flavoured liquor generally found in eastern Poland.
>
> 14. *stuffed pigs' trotter sausage
>
> 15. *an aerial manoeuvre performed by a circus troupe.
>
> 16. *the North Atlantic haddock.
>
> 17. *An accomplice assisting in the commission of fraud.
>
> 18. *Bathtub gin.
>
> 19. *(Scot.) condition or plight: a mischevous trick. [Origin unknown]
>
> -- Toni Savage

[Tim B]

5 and 13, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Dodi Schultz]

#8? #10?

--Dodi

[France International]

I'll pick 2 and 15 as the highly unlikely suspects.

[Christopher Carson]

I'll fall for 2 and 15.

Chris

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 2 and 8 as least unlikely.

Nancy

[Daniel B. Widdis]

13 because we had Swiss cheese fondue last night and had a lively discussion
of kirsch.

And I've a hunch it's one of the uncombined mischievous tricks because of
the general dealer reluctance to combine such defs. I'll go with the less
specific one, 19.

--
Dan

[Jim Hart]

Since almost half the list offers a very mixed banquet of allegedly
edibles and drinkables I'll go for the herring and pigs' trotters -
that's 10 and 14 plis.

Jim

[JohnnyB]

Toni

For want of any other thoughts I'll go first and last - #1 and #19 please

JohnnyB

>
>
> 1. a cornmeal griddle cake, served with sour cream and green onions.
>
>
> 19. (Scot.) condition or plight: a mischevous trick. [Origin unknown]
>
>

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[Paul Keating]

Vox pop says its just about all of them. 13 and 19 for me.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 5 and 16.

Guerri

Toni Savage wrote:
>
> 5. lively; spirited; cocky.
>
> 16. the North Atlantic haddock.

[Tony Abell]

16 and 19 are almost likely:

> 16. the North Atlantic haddock.

> 19. (Scot.) condition or plight: a mischevous trick. [Origin unknown]

[Tim Lodge]

Toni

I can't decide which of the mischievous typos to go for - perhaps I'll
try the Scottish one. My other vote goes to the leprechaun in honour
of my Cornish son-in-law.

6 and 19 please.

-- Tim L

[Scott Crom]

I'll go for 6 and (despite the spelling!)7, plizz.

Scott

[Chuck]

Toni -

A nice selection. I'll try -

1. a cornmeal griddle cake, served with sour cream and green onions.

and

10. pickled herring. (Finn.)

Must be dinnertime, eh?

Thanks,

Chuck