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[Dixonary] time to vote: Round 2942 - _Haverhill Fever_
Doing this in a rush in a noisy place, tiny screen.....
I'll post the voting deadline later, 36 hours from now, 10pm Texas, Wednesday. 1> A combined foot- and horse-race run in Haverhill, Massachusetts, traditionally on Sadie Hawkins Day (November 15). 2> The gentrification of poorer rural areas in New England; named for Haverhill, Massachusetts, which saw an extreme population explosion after the 2007 housing crisis. 3> An infectious disease of cattle first identified in Haverhill, Wisconsin, characterized by high fever, anemia, and emaciation and caused by parasitic protozoans of the genus Babesia that are transmitted by ticks. 4> Lingering reference to events in the Adirondacks in which college age freshman females suddenly began to go without undergarments. 5> [Mass. slang] Public drunkenness (from Haverhill Township having ten taverns as early as 1685). 6> Deceptive or manipulative humbug. 7> [Colloq.] Fan enthusiasm for Haverhill Rovers F.C. of the Eastern Counties League (England). (Coined by writer Hannah Dolman of the Haverhill *Echo*.) 8> The urge to invest in a get rich quick scheme despite knowing that the returns are too good to be true (named after a town in New Jersey where a ponzi scheme was perpetrated in the 1970s). 9> Feigned illness on the part of workers as an act of protest. 10> An "illness" of those who rush for the latest fad without checking its credibility. 11> Another term for Erythema anthriticum epidemicum. Named after Haverhill, Massachusetts, where an epidemic broke out in 1926 and it was first recognized as a separate bacterial disease caused by the Haverhillia multiformis. 12> A form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. 13> Extreme enthusiasm for a political party or cause. 14> [Hist. 1745] a panic driven response to the Huron massacre - [see Fenimore Cooper "Last of the Mohicans"] -- 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. |