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From: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com> on behalf of Joseph Leckenby <leckenbyj (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
Reply-To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 6:20 PM
To: Dixonary <dixonary (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com>
Subject: [Dixonary] Re: 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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