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[Dixonary] Round 2836 - CAPTAIN COOKER time to vote
1 and 2 as not *remotely* connected to Captain Cook, thus should be
rewarded. Dave' On Friday, September 22, 2017 at 4:41:08 AM UTC-4, Shani Naylor wrote: > Hi all > > We have a baker's dozen of definitions for our word CAPTAIN COOKER, > including one from a reputable dictionary. Please vote for two. > > 1. The boss. > > 2. [Slang] Rolling paper for cannabis smoking. > > 3. A drink of rum or brandy diluted with lime juice. > > 4. A tropical drink of dark rum, vermouth and pineapple juice. > > 5. Someone who claims descent from one of the first European > settlers in New Zealand. > > 6. A wild pig [From Captain James Cook, who first released pigs in > the New Zealand bush] > > 7. Slang for a person who is an explorer, whether in the > geographical sense or in a scientific sense. > > 8. The annual raising of the New Zealand flag at the site of > Captain Cook's death on the island of Hawaii. > > 9. A slang term for steamboats plying routes between Australia and > New Zealand in the late 19th Century. > > 10. An amateur sailor who takes long voyages, esp. to Pacific islands > (after Capt. James Cook, RN, who explored the Pacific in the 18th cent.) > > 11. A device invented by the Royal Society to observe and measure the > transit of Venus on Captain Cook's first voyage aboard the Endeavor. > > 12. A ship's galley adapted for steam. [in the days of sail the wind is > mostly from behind so the galley is near the forecastle; with the > introduction of steam the prevailing wind is from the bows so the galley > was moved to the stern] > > 13. A heat storage stove and cooker that works on the principle that a > heavy frame made from cast-iron components can absorb heat from a > relatively low-intensity but continuously burning source, and the > accumulated heat can then be used when needed for cooking. > > > Here's the deadline for voting: > Wellington <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/wellington> > (New Zealand) Sunday, 24 September 2017 at 12:00:00 Noon NZDT > <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/nzdt> > Los Angeles <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/los-angeles> (USA > - California) Saturday, 23 September 2017 at 4:00:00 p.m. PDT > <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt> > New York <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york> (USA - New > York) Saturday, 23 September 2017 at 7:00:00 p.m. EDT > <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt> > London <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london> (United Kingdom > - England) Midnight between Saturday, 23 September 2017 and Sunday, 24 > September 2017 BST <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst> > Amsterdam <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/netherlands/amsterdam> > (Netherlands) Sunday, 24 September 2017 at 1:00:00 a.m. CEST > <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/cest> > > Good luck! > > > > -- 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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