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Old May 7th, 2020, 08:09 PM
Joseph Leckenby
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3071 GINIMONY Defs - Vote Now!

First and 13

On Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 2:05:30 PM UTC-4, Tim Lodge wrote:
>
> Here we have 13 defs of the word GINIMONY, only one of which came from my
> dictionary. Please vote for your two favoutites by public reply to this
> message before the deadline, which is:
>
> 10:00 BST on Saturday 9th May
> 09:00 UTC/GMT
> 10:00 CET
> 5:00 AM EDT
> 2:00 AM PDT
> 21:00 NZST in New Zealand
>
> New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've
> voted.
>
> -- Tim L
>
> *** GINIMONY ***
>
> 1. inflated manner or style.
>
> 2. fanciful game money of no real value.
>
> 3. a Victorian euphemism for intoxication.
>
> 4. the process of producing twins by parthenogenesis.
>
> 5. a persistent feeling of malaise with no discernable cause.
>
> 6. the difference in value of a contract negotiated in guineas rather
> than pounds.
>
> 7. the right of a lord of a manor to try anyone accused of theft within
> his domain.
>
> 8. an eastern Mediterranean plant having large roots that yield a resin
> formerly used as a cathartic.
>
> 9. a substance (not identified) used in a cosmetic preparation intended
> to reduce redness of the face.
>
> 10. an economic regime characterized by profound economic inequality
> (from the Gini index of inequality).
>
> 11. [Obs] an allocation of cattle which is entrusted to a foster-parent,
> to be maintained for the benefit of the foster-child.
>
> 12. a coin, most often a counterfeit, that is made from a base metal
> core that has been plated with a precious metal to look like its solid
> metal counterpart.
>
> 13. a sum bequeathed on behalf of an estate in intestacy for the upkeep
> and maintenance of female descendants who cannot be legally designated
> heirs due to gender.
>


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