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Old July 27th, 2022, 02:13 PM
Tim Lodge
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Default [Dixonary] Rnd 3269 = Results

I'm taking over the deal, as I've owed Efrem one for some time. New word
coming up as soon as I've finished eating.

-- Tim L

On Wednesday, 27 July 2022 at 18:20:51 UTC+1 johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk wrote:

> Anglicised as spailpeen or spalpeen, or "wandering landless labourer" was
> an itinerant or seasonal farm worker in Ireland from the 17th to the
> early 20th century.*
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpailpĂ*n#cite_note_Culture_page_442_1>*The
> term derived from the Irish *spailp*, meaning "turn, spell, bout."
>
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> The dictionary and Efrem received a score of 5: Shani was the real winner
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> Take it away EFrem
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> *JohnnyB*
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> From
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> Who voted
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> Voted for by
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> Score
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> 1
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> (Archaic) a woman who sells fish
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> Debbie E
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> 3, 8
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>
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> 0
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> 2
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> spailpĂ*n [Irish] an itinerant or seasonal farm worker
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> Judy M, Dan W, Shani N, Efrem M, Tim L
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> D5
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> 3
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> *Irish English.* Nonsensical talk; overblown or empty rhetoric; claptrap
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> Paul K
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> Debbie E, Judy M
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> 2 DQ
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> 4
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> any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Fagaceae, including
> species in the genera Chrysolepis of western North America and Castanopsis
> of East and Southeast Asia; The edible nut of any of these plants
>
> Judy M
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> 2*, 3
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> 2*
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> 5
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> (Far.) a projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so
> as to embrace the lower part of the hoof
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> Dan W
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> 2*, 3
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> Deborah F
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> 3*
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> 6
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> a genre of Spanish thriller or horror film typically involving a murder
> mystery and characterized by graphic violence, eroticism, an atmospheric,
> sometimes dreamlike blend of suspense and horror elements, and often a
> prominent, intense music score
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> Shani N
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> 2*, 9
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> Tony A, Efrem M
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> 4*
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> 7
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> the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America
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> Mike S
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> 8, 9
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> Tony A
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> 1
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> 8
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> an iron pin used to attach the figurehead to the prow of medieval round
> ships
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> Deborah F
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> 5, 9
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> Mike S, Debbie E
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> 2
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> 9
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> A tool, similar to a spike, used to break rocks by inserting it into a
> crevice and striking it with a heavy hammer.
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> Efrem M
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> 2*, 6
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> Mike S, Deborah F, Shani N
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> 5*
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> 10*
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> <no Def>
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> Tim L
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> 2,5
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> 2*
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> 11*
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> <no Def>
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> Tony A
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> 6, 7
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> 0
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> Debbie E
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> 0
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> Tony A
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> 0
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> Mike S
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> 1
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> Paul K
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> 2
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> Deborah F
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> 2
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> Judy M
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> 2*
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> Tim L
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> 2*
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> Dan W
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> 3*
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> Shani N
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> 4*
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> Efrem M
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> 5*
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> Dictionary
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> D5
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