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Old July 26th, 2022, 04:44 AM
Shani Naylor
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Fwd: 3269 vote for SpailpĂ*n

2 & 9 for me



On Tue, 26 Jul 2022, 5:40 AM John Barrs, <johnb (AT) john-barrs (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

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> oops - format trouble --- this is correct (or more correct)
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> Votes are due by Wednesday 27th July by1800 BST
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> usual rules, 2 votes for the dafunotion of your choice don't look it up
> until after you have voted
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> *JohnnyB*
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> 1 (Archaic) a woman who sells fish
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> 2 [Irish] an itinerant or seasonal farm worker
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> 3 *Irish English.* Nonsensical talk; overblown or empty
> rhetoric; claptrap
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> 4 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
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> 5 (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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> 6 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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> 7 the ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America
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> 8 an iron pin used to attach the figurehead to the prow of
> medieval round ships
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> 9 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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