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Old November 19th, 2021, 04:04 PM
Shani Naylor
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 3210 vote for WITCHES' KNICKERS

I'll go for the plants, 3 & 7.



On Sat, 20 Nov 2021, 10:41 AM Debbie Embler, <chowwoman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

> 7 and 5 please
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 10:26 AM 'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary <
> dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> wrote:
>
>> Fellow players,
>>
>> Thirteen definitions of *WITCHES' KNICKERS* follow. They have been
>> edited for format consistency and U.S. spelling, and are in ascending order
>> by character count. That might not correspond to visual length in your
>> email display font.
>>
>> Please vote for two by Reply to this message before the deadline that
>> follows the list (about 46 1/2 hours from now). If you realize on seeing
>> this list that you know what *WITCHES' KNICKERS* means, let me know by
>> private email to emallach (AT) verizon (DOT) net.
>>
>> 1. six consecutive winning games.
>>
>> 2. askew, crooked, or out of sorts.
>>
>> 3. salsify *(Tragopogon porrifolius)*.
>>
>> 4. [Refining, obs.] the almond furnace.
>>
>> 5. [Yorks. slang] a violent storm; a squall.
>>
>> 6. clocks (Cockney rhyming slang, via tickers).
>>
>> 7. a deliquescent fungus; coprinopsis, also called* ink cap*.
>>
>> 8. pouch-like cloud structures, sometimes very ominous in appearance.
>>
>> 9. Slavic fast dance in which dancer squats and kicks out legs
>> alternately.
>>
>> 10. fermented heads of the king salmon, eaten as a delicacy in Alaska and
>> northern Canada.
>>
>> 11. curtains used in theaters to conceal rigging, lighting equipment, etc
>> from the audience; also known as *masking curtains*.
>>
>> 12. [Folk] the burr of the burdock plant, which inspired the creation of
>> Velcro®, and was said to fasten the aforementioned knickers.
>>
>> 13. Plastic bags caught in the branches of trees; by extension, any waste
>> paper and other debris blown by the wind and caught, e.g., on fences or
>> hedges.
>>
>> *Votes are due 9 am Sunday in North American Eastern Standard Time.* I
>> think that's also (you may want to check):
>>
>> - 8 am Sunday in Chicago
>> - 6 am Sunday in California
>> - 3 am Monday in Wellington
>> - 4 pm Sunday in Cape Town
>> - 3 pm Sunday in Paris
>> - 2 pm Sunday in London
>>
>> and, as one might expect, other times in other places.
>>
>> New players are welcome to vote, as are old friends who didn't submit a
>> definition. The only requirement is that you not know what *WITCHES'
>> KNICKERS* means. Full rules at
>> http://www.dixonary.net/game-rules-and-advice/rules
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>>
>> Vote on!
>>
>> Efrem
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