Round 2070 - vote for schusterfleck

[mshefler]

Here are 19 definitions of schusterfleck, one of which came from an
real paper dictionary. Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 7 PM EST,
Wednesday, January 6.

1. an electronic library card.

2. cross-country skiing or running.

3. a spot or stain, esp. of waxy substance on clothing. (Fm German:
Schuhputzerfleck)

4. a very early blooming spring perennial flower, about three inches
tall, with a single, small white blossom; it usually lasts only two
or three days.

5. acne. [Penna. Dutch]

6. a concurrence of outrages or misfortunes afflicting one or more
persons simultaneously. [euphemism for _clusterf**k_]

7. a small hammer used by cobblers.

8. the spotted hyena. [SA Dutch]

9. [Slang] a person who frequently backs out of obligations.

10. a term applied informally to an anomaly in astronomical images.

11. the repetition of a melody one step higher.

12. an African weaver-bird.

13. to search by or as if by rummaging.

14. a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the hands) that is
characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers' stain]

15. shoe polish.

16. a mourning wreath.

17. a boothook. [Ger.]

18. a last.

19. dye used to stain leather for shoes. [Ger. schuster, shoemaker +
fleck, stain]


[Judy Madnick]

Gee, a lot of shoe "stuff." I think I'll vote for these:

<< 7. a small hammer used by cobblers.

<< 19. dye used to stain leather for shoes. [Ger. schuster,
<< shoemaker +
<< fleck, stain]

Judy Madnick (who probably got taken in by the shoe "stuff"!)

[Tim B]

14 and 19, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[EnDash@aol.com]

Strictly wild guesses : 4 and 10.

-- Dick Weltz

[Dodi Schultz]

Love the word.

Kinda like at least a dozen of the defs.

Hmmm. Probably rashly, I'm eliminating the spots and shoes...and boiling
the rest down to
> 10. a term applied informally to an anomaly in astronomical images.
>
and
> 13. to search by or as if by rummaging
P.S.: Mike, did you really mean Wed 7 p.m.? Well over 50 hours for voting?

--Dodi

[Tim Lodge]

Mike

I'll go for the flowers:

4 and 16 please.

-- Tim L

[Daniel B. Widdis]

I liked 3 and 9 so much I didn't finish the rest of the list.

--
Dan

[Dave Cunningham]

8 and 12 -- 8 because it does not say Afrikaans <g> and 12 just because. And neither has anything to do with shoes.

Dave

[Millie Morgan]

9 and 16 thanks Mike

> 9. [Slang] a person who frequently backs out of obligations.
> 16. a mourning wreath.


Millie

[Guerri Stevens]

I vote for 3 and 14.

Guerri

mshefler wrote:
>
> 3. a spot or stain, esp. of waxy substance on clothing. (Fm German:
> Schuhputzerfleck)
>
> 14. a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the hands) that is
> characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers' stain]

[Nancy Shepherdson]

I'll take 4 and 19. No idea.

Nancy

On Jan 4, 11:03*am, mshefler <sta... (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:
> Here are 19 definitions of schusterfleck, one of which came from an
> real paper dictionary. Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 7 PM EST,
>
> Wednesday, January 6.
>
> 1. *an electronic library card.
>
> 2. *cross-country skiing or running.
>
> 3. *a spot or stain, esp. of waxy substance on clothing. (Fm German:
> Schuhputzerfleck)
>
> 4. *a very early blooming spring perennial flower, about three inches
> tall, with a single, small white blossom; it usually lasts only two
> or three days.
>
> 5. *acne. [Penna. Dutch]
>
> 6. *a concurrence of outrages or misfortunes afflicting one or more
> persons simultaneously. [euphemism for _clusterf**k_]
>
> 7. *a small hammer used by cobblers.
>
> 8. *the spotted hyena. [SA Dutch]
>
> 9. *[Slang] a person who frequently backs out of obligations.
>
> 10. *a term applied informally to an anomaly in astronomical images.
>
> 11. *the repetition of a melody one step higher.
>
> 12. *an African weaver-bird.
>
> 13. *to search by or as if by rummaging.
>
> 14. *a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the hands) that is
> characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers' stain]
>
> 15. *shoe polish.
>
> 16. *a mourning wreath.
>
> 17. *a boothook. [Ger.]
>
> 18. *a last.
>
> 19. *dye used to stain leather for shoes. [Ger. schuster, shoemaker +
> fleck, stain]
>
> --
> mshefler

[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Mike,

What a great selection of defs. I first wanted to go for the two obvious
combination candidates, until I continuted reading and found that there were
two more defs to consider for combining. And then I chose to instead take
one of the four combination candidates and one unrelated, and quite
intriguing def.

> 14. a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the hands) that is
> characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers' stain]

> 18. a last.

Best, Hugo

[France International]

I guess I should have made it Tuesday at 7 PM, but let it stand. If every
submitter votes before then I may close the round early.

--Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dodi Schultz" <schultz (AT) compuserve (DOT) com>
To: <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixonary] Round 2070 - vote for schusterfleck


>
> Love the word.
>
> Kinda like at least a dozen of the defs.
>
> Hmmm. Probably rashly, I'm eliminating the spots and shoes...and boiling
> the rest down to
>> 10. a term applied informally to an anomaly in astronomical images.
>>
> and
>> 13. to search by or as if by rummaging
> P.S.: Mike, did you really mean Wed 7 p.m.? Well over 50 hours for voting?
>
> --Dodi
>


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[Chris Carson]

I'll go for 2 and 16.

Chris

[Toni Savage]

It's probably one of the shoemaker things, but I'll buck the tide...

13 and 16

-- Toni Savage


--- On Mon, 1/4/10, mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com> wrote:

> From: mshefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>
> Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2070 - vote for schusterfleck
> To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
> Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 12:03 PM
>
> Here are 19 definitions of schusterfleck, one of which came
> from an
> real paper dictionary. Vote for your 2 favorites no later
> than 7 PM EST,
>
> Wednesday, January 6.
>
> 1.* an electronic library card.
>
> 2.* cross-country skiing or running.
>
> 3.* a spot or stain, esp. of waxy substance on
> clothing. (Fm German:
> Schuhputzerfleck)
>
> 4.* a very early blooming spring perennial flower,
> about three inches
> tall, with a single, small white blossom; it usually lasts
> only two
> or three days.
>
> 5.* acne. [Penna. Dutch]
>
> 6.* a concurrence of outrages or misfortunes
> afflicting one or more
> persons simultaneously. [euphemism for _clusterf**k_]
>
> 7.* a small hammer used by cobblers.
>
> 8.* the spotted hyena. [SA Dutch]
>
> 9.* [Slang] a person who frequently backs out of
> obligations.
>
> 10.* a term applied informally to an anomaly in
> astronomical images.
>
> 11.* the repetition of a melody one step higher.
>
> 12.* an African weaver-bird.
>
> 13.* to search by or as if by rummaging.
>
> 14.* a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the
> hands) that is
> characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers'
> stain]
>
> 15.* shoe polish.
>
> 16.* a mourning wreath.
>
> 17.* a boothook. [Ger.]
>
> 18.* a last.
>
> 19.* dye used to stain leather for shoes. [Ger.
> schuster, shoemaker +
> fleck, stain]
>
>
>
> --
> mshefler
>

[Chuck]

Mike -

A nice collection. I'll try -

14. a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the hands) that is
characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers' stain]

and

19. dye used to stain leather for shoes. [Ger. schuster, shoemaker +
fleck, stain]

Thanks,

Chuck

[Tony Abell]

I'll go wrong with 4 and 14, please:

> 4. a very early blooming spring perennial flower, about three inches
> tall, with a single, small white blossom; it usually lasts only two
> or three days.

> 14. a stain, callus, scar or other mark (esp. on the hands) that is
> characteristic of a calling or profession. [G., shoemakers' stain]

[Paul Keating]

4 and 16 for me.

--
Paul Keating
The Hague

[Russ Heimerson]

Randomly, #11 and #19, please.

Russ