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Old August 11th, 2019, 04:18 PM
Mike Shefler
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3005 vote for PADDO

I am extending the voting deadline to Monday, August 12 at 9 AM EDT since
so many people have not yet voted (Widdis, Stevens, Carson, McGill, Barrs).

On Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 12:01:55 PM UTC-4, Mike Shefler wrote:
>
> Here are 12 definitions for PADDO, one of which came from a real
> dictionary. Vote for your two favorites no later than 5 PM EDT, Sunday,
> August 11.
>
> 1. rough limestone country with underground drainage.
>
> 2. (a) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain
> rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves
> which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous
> to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the
> Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China. (b) Less
> properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such
> as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.
>
> 3. inferior liquor; a public house that sells this.
>
> 4. fermented bean-curd.
>
> 5. an Indonesian dessert made from rice balls sweetened with flavored
> syrup.
>
> 6. [Sl.] any Asian dish consisting mainly of noodles in a sweet sauce.
>
> 7. [Sl.] a local political boss in Spain and Latin America .
>
> 8. [Sl.] an octogenarian or any very old person.
>
> 9. [Fin.] grief or mourning.
>
> 10. a packsaddle made of a stuffed leather pad.
>
> 11. a frog.
>
> 12. [Scot.] a medium sized grey to greenish toadstool with a slimy cap.
>


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