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[Dixonary] Round 3051 vote for howskelly
Here are 13 definitions for HOWSKELLY (who is doing fine, at last report).
Vote for your 2 favorites no later than 5 PM EST, Thursday, February 20. 1. a random, miscellaneous mixture. 2. [Obs.] a malingerer (named after Midshipman Howskelly, the infamous malingerer from the James Fenimore Cooper novella of the same name). 3. a signal of fire that calls comrades to arms in a time of trouble. 4. [Scot.] a peat scuttle. 5. a metal pot or kettle used in camp cooking. 6. a utensil for baling water out of a boat. 7. a term originating in Vaudeville for a category of jokes and brief sketches concerning a missing friend (e.g. "How's Kelly? "Ach, he was so snockered last night that he never made it home. Walked straight to the jailhouse.") 8. any of various succulent plants having leaves arranged in rosettes with pinkish flowers and often cultivated as garden plants that have traditionally been grown on roofs in Europe. 9. [Yorks. sl., Obs.] a device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe to the outside of a building by opening or closing an orifice. 10. [Pa. Dutch] warm, inviting, of a home; from Ger. haus, home; and kelig, cuddly. 11. [Obs.] a kind of dulcimer. 12. {Scot.] easily provoked to anger or resentment; prone to anger. 13. a small unpopulated island or large rock. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...oglegroups.com. |