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John Barrs
June 28th, 2011, 08:57 AM
Um,


Chris voted for 2 and 14.
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so he did -- this doesn't change the next dealer - in fact it confirms Dick
with now 6 points and Dave becomes the sole real winner with 5

1. a folding bed...
Voted for by Graham, Stevens, Schultz [From Tim Lodge who voted for 7 and
16] and scores [3 + 0] = 3

2. a book rest designed for reading in bed...
Voted for by Carson, Cunningham, Stevens, Bourne, Grieco, Crom [From Dick
Weltz who voted for 4 and 7] and scores [6 + 0] = 6

3. a round, backless cushion for seating four or more persons...
Voted for by Hale [From Steve Graham who voted for 1 and 10*] and scores [1
+ 2] = 3*

4. a hatch or passageway between the foc'sle and the chain locker...
Voted for by Weltz [From Chuck Emery who did not vote ] and scores [1 + 0] =
1

5. a band of attendants accompanying an important person, a retinue...
Voted for by nobody [From Keith Hale who voted for 3 and 10*] and scores [0
+ 2] = 2*

6. a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton...
Voted for by Madnick, Savage [From Dan Widdis who voted for 7 and 15] and
scores [2 + 0] = 2

7. [also _lysette_] a sheer silk fabric used for veils and translucent
screens...
Voted for by Lodge, Madnick, Weltz, Widdis [From Millie Morgan who voted for
14 and 16] and scores [4 + 0] = 4

8. a light romantic song [from the early Twentieth Century chanteuse
Lisette Dubois]...
Voted for by Shefler [From Tim Bourne who voted for 2 and 14] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1

9. an indicator solution that changes colour when a gas containing oxygen
is
bubbled through it...
Voted for by Cunningham [From Tony Abell who voted for 12 and 16] and scores
[1 + 0] = 1

10. a French maidservant [obs. French Lisette, diminutive of Élise,
Élisabeth]...
Voted for by Graham, Shefler, Hale [From OED OnLine who voted for 99 and
016] and scores [3 + 0] = D3

11. a small magnifying glass, especially one used for reading...
Voted for by nobody [From Dodi Schultz who voted for 1 and 16] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0

12. a type of window blind that opens and closes vertically...
Voted for by Abell, Savage [From Mike Shefler who voted for 8 and 10*] and
scores [2 + 2] = 4*

13. a cabinet for storing bottles of liquor...
Voted for by nobody [From Chris Carson who voted for 2 and 14] and scores [0
+ 0] = 0

14. [Fr.] a reading stand...
Voted for by Carson, Bourne, Morgan, Grieco, Crom [From Dave Cunningham who
voted for 2 and 9] and scores [5 + 0] = 5

15. sheer meshed cloth...
Voted for by Widdis [From Judy Madnick who voted for 6 and 7] and scores [1
+ 0] = 1

16. a pinwheel...
Voted for by Lodge, Abell, Schultz, Morgan [From Guerri Stevens who voted
for 1 and 2] and scores [4 + 0] = 4

##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Toni Savage who voted for 6 and 12] and scores [0 + 0] = 0

##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Matthew Grieco who voted for 2 and 14] and scores [0 + 0] = 0

##. -- No Def Submitted --...
[From Scott Crom who voted for 2 and 14] and scores [0 + 0] = 0