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[Dixonary] Round 2889 results
The votes are in and Nancy Shepherdson is the winner with her def of the
wooden pin to hold thatch, which scored 6 natural points. Tim Bourne was the real winner with 5 natural points. A twack, according to Newfoundland English, is that pesky type of person who browses endlessly in a shop but doesn't buy anything. Take it away Nancy! 1. _slang_ To steal goods from a vehicle in transit. Chris C, who voted 8 & 11. Score: 1 Vote from Tim L. 2. A flat wood, plywood, or similar type member used as a connection at the intersection of wood members. Stephen D, who voted 9 & 11. Score: 2 Votes from Tony A & Judy M. 3. Nodule of metal obtained after assaying. Judy M, who voted 2 & 11. Score: 1 Vote from Ryan M. 4. [Old English] A foolish error; more commonly a heresy. Johnny B, who voted 8 & 11. Score: 1 Vote from Ryan M. 5. To lightly tap swords, as a prelude to a fencing match. Mike S, who voted 6 & 14. Score: 3 Votes from Keith H, Dave C & Guerri S. 6. To utter copiously. Dan W, who voted 9 & *10*. Score: 4 Votes from Mike S & Tim B. 7. An unsolicited charitable donation. Guerri S, who voted 5 & 9. Score: 0 No votes. 8. A stick used by Morris dancers in rehearsing, in lieu of a sword. Efrem M, who voted 11 & 14. Score: 4 Votes from Tony A, Chris C, Johnny B & Dave C. 9. A communications protocol for transaction processing in which each phase of the transaction is acknowledged twice -from TWice ACKnowledged. Tim B, who voted 6 & 11. Score: 5 Votes from Dan W, Keith H, Stephen D, Guerri S & Tim L. 10. A shopper who looks over all the commodities but buys nothing. (Dictionary of Newfoundland English) D1 Vote from Dan W. 11. A long wooden pin designed to hold thatch courses in place on a roof. Nancy S, who didn’t vote. Score: 6 Votes from Judy M, Stephen D, Chris C, Tim B, Efrem M & Johnny B. 12. The secondary diverter on a cotton gin. Ryan M, who voted 3 & 4. Score: 0 No votes. 13. [onom.] The sound of a timepiece; _tock_. Dave C, who voted 5 & 8. Score: 0 No votes. 14. A stopper on a zip wire or other overhead cable preventing the pulley from reaching the attachment point of the cable. Tim L, who voted 1 & 9. Score: 2 Votes from Mike S & Efrem M. No def: Tony A, who voted 2 & 8. Score: 0 Keith H, who voted 5 & 9. Score: 0 -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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