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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3252: Vote for SHAKESPEARE-NAVELS
3 and 10, please.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3252: Vote for SHAKESPEARE-NAVELS
3 & 10 for me too.
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 3252: Vote for SHAKESPEARE-NAVELS
#6 and #7 for no reason
*JohnnyB* On Tue, 17 May 2022 at 02:42, Daniel B Widdis <widdis (AT) dixonary (DOT) net> wrote: > Each extension collected one additional submission, giving you all a total > of ten candidates for your votes. > > > > I’ll set the voting deadline in 38 hours at 8 am PDT on Wednesday, May > 17. That’s 11am EDT, 4 pm BST at the Greenwich Meridian and elsewhere in > the UK, 5pm CEST at la Méridienne de France and in most of Europe, and in > the wee hours of Thursday morning at 1 am AEST in Melbourne and 3 am NZST > in Auckland. > > > > *** SHAKESPEARE-NAVELS *** > > > > 1. *[Mil. slang]* Indentations in a cannonball to increase its range by > creating a thin layer of turbulence that reduces drag. (Origin unk., prob.. > 19c. UK) > > > > 2. Small pits or depressions typical of the area around Stratford-on-Avon > and now thought to be the result of flint extraction in Neolithic times. > > > > 3. Doggerel verse, based on Shakespearean sonnets, popular in 19th century > vaudeville. > > > > 4. the central themes of Shakespeare's writings. > > > > 5. Bad poetry. > > > > 6. A type of backless sandal. > > > > 7. A long-pointed, turned-down collar > > > > 8. Shakespeare's spelling of *nave* - hence the nave of a church > > > > 9. Believed to be the orb of all conscious inspiration and artistic > expression. > > > > 10. common Shakespeare misquotes, e.g., "gilding the lily" (actual quote: > "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily...") > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Dixonary" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...40dixonary.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dixonary/4624E6B7-3606-49B8-8A0A-5054DFAD31B8%40dixonary.net?utm_medium=email&utm_s ource=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...mail.gmail.com. |