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Daniel B. Widdis
May 14th, 2010, 10:06 AM
Since the tapcis.com gateway duplicate message-ID bug seems to have eaten
the results post in various places (especially Google products), I'm
reposting it.

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Dan


-----Original Message-----
From: dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com [mailto:dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com] On Behalf
Of mshefler
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:08 PM
To: Dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com
Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2104 results


Millie Morgan gave me the deal, and I am pleased to give it right back
to her if she'll just stop beating those peasants, I mean pheasants.
Runners-up Emery and Keating attracted plenty of attention buzzing the
crowds in their planes, and two perceptive players guessed the correct
def, which came from the "The Vulgar Tongue: A Glossary of Slang, Cant
and Flash Words and Phrases Used in London, from 1839 to 1859".

1. the act of walking back and forth in front of a neighbor's home to
precipitate an ostensibly accidental meeting.

Submitter: Grieco Votes: 8 & 11 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Lodge; Widdis

2. gossip (chiefly New York City)
Submitter: Cunningham Votes: 3 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Submitter: Kornelis Votes: [2] & 4 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Kornelis; Emery; Abell

3. attacking a forward position with sniper fire. (Am. Civil War)
Submitter: Shepherdson Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Cunningham; Schultz

4. a skateboarding stunt performed on the several steps, or stoop, at
the entrance to a house.

Submitter: Schultz Votes: 3 & 11 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Kornelis; Crom; Widdis

5. the act of leaving leaflets or other paper material on the front
steps of a house.

Submitter: Savage Votes: 11 & 15 0 + 3 = 3
Voted for by: Shepherdson; Stevens; Madnick

6. A variant of the telephone game, played by a row of children
sitting
on the stoop of a Manhattan row house.

Submitter: Crom Votes: 4 & 9 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:


7. crop dusting.
Submitter: Stevens Votes: 5 & 9 0 + 4 = 4
Voted for by: Keating; Weltz; Morgan; Madnick

8. an uncontrolled vibration in an oil refining fractionating column,
caused by an incorrectly adjusted pressure relief valve.

Submitter: Lodge Votes: 1 & *13* 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Grieco

9. low altitude stunt flying above city streets or residential areas,
done by barnstormers to attract an audience.

Submitter: Emery Votes: 2 & 11 0 + 5 = 5
Submitter: Keating Votes: 7 & 11 0 + 5 = 5
Voted for by: Shepherdson; Crom; Stevens; Morgan; Abell

10. [Sl.] inducing lightheadedness by bending over for an extended
period
of time.

Submitter: Weltz Votes: 7 & 11 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Barrs

11. a technique used by beaters at a pheasant shoot.
Submitter: Morgan Votes: 7 & 9 0 + 7 = 7
Voted for by: Grieco; Cunningham; Schultz; Savage; Emery; Keating;

Weltz

12. to search for smuggled goods.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: 5 & 7 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:


13. a practice with women of robbing gentlemen who fall in their
company
under peculiar circumstances (Times, Feb 11, 1859)

Submitter: Dictionary Vote: N/A D2
Voted for by: Lodge; Barrs

14. [Sl.] _vb_, _adj_ a prostitute who steals from (buzzes) her
clients.
Submitter: Barrs Votes: 10 & *13* 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by:


15. a form of ice racing, without the benefit of studded tires.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 1 & 4 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Savage

No def: Abell Votes: 2 & 9 0 + 0 = 0


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mshefler