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[Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
As i compile this on a small phone, and editing is maddening to a
health-threatening degree, i will skip a few cosmetics. Debbie (sorry, i can't find your full name at present) you take the next deal with your 5 asterisk'd points! Real Winnah is Tony Abell, with 4 natch. D1 with only one DQ is probably a personal best for me. I may not submit bluffs until i get the use of a proper PC or at least tablet. This sprained my brain! 1> A combined foot- and horse-race run in Haverhill, Massachusetts, traditionally on Sadie Hawkins Day (November 15). submitted by: Mike Shefler who voted for: scoring: 1 votes from: Ryan McGill 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. submitted by: Ryan McGill who voted for: scoring: 1 votes from: Daniel Widdis, 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. submitted by: Chris Carson who voted for: scoring: 2 votes from: Dave Cunningham, Efrem Mallach 4> Lingering reference to events in the Adirondacks in which college age freshman females suddenly began to go without undergarments. submitted by: Debbie who voted for: 7 + *11* scoring: 3 + *2 = *5 votes from: Chris Carson, Tim Lodge, Daniel Widdis, 5> [Mass. slang] Public drunkenness (from Haverhill Township having ten taverns as early as 1685). submitted by: Dave Cunningham who voted for: scoring: 2 votes from: Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne, 6> Deceptive or manipulative humbug. submitted by: Judy Madnick who voted for: scoring: 1 votes from: Efrem Mallach 7> [Colloq.] Fan enthusiasm for Haverhill Rovers F.C. of the Eastern Counties League (England). (Coined by writer Hannah Dolman of the Haverhill *Echo*.) submitted by: Efrem Mallach who voted for: scoring: 2 votes from: Debbie, Mike Shefler, 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). submitted by: Shani Naylor who voted for: scoring: 1 votes from: Judy Madnick, 9> Feigned illness on the part of workers as an act of protest. submitted by: Tony Abel who voted for: scoring: 4 votes from: Chris Carson, Shani Naylor, Dave Cunningham, Tim Bourne, 10> An "illness" of those who rush for the latest fad without checking its credibility. submitted by: Tim Bourne who voted for: scoring: votes from: 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. submitted by: Dictionary.com scoring: 1 votes from: Debbie, 12> A form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. submitted by: Daniel Widdis who voted for: scoring: 3 votes from: Tim Lodge, Johnny Barrs, Mike Shefler, 13> Extreme enthusiasm for a political party or cause. submitted by: Tim Lodge who voted for: scoring: 3 votes from: Johnny Barrs, Judy Madnick, Ryan McGill 14> [Hist. 1745] a panic driven response to the Huron massacre - [see Fenimore Cooper "Last of the Mohicans"] submitted by: Johnny Barrs who voted for: scoring: votes from: 15> submitted by: who voted for: scoring: votes from: 16> submitted by: who voted for: scoring: votes from: 17> submitted by: who voted for: scoring: votes from: 18> submitted by: who voted for: scoring: votes from: 19> submitted by: who voted for: scoring: votes from: 20> submitted by: who voted for: scoring: votes from: -- 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. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
Congratulations on completing the deal on your phone - It was above and
beyond the call of duty! -- Tim L -- 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. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
I'll offer a word up shortly.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 5:40 AM Tim Lodge <dix (AT) timlodge (DOT) co.uk wrote: > Congratulations on completing the deal on your phone - It was above and > beyond the call of duty! > > -- Tim L > > -- > 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. > -- 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. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
I'm assuming it was Johnny Barrs who was DQ, although from the scores, it could have been Tim Bourne.
--Mike On 11/29/2018 11:02 PM, —Keith Hale— wrote: As i compile this on a small phone, and editing is maddening to a health-threatening degree, i will skip a few cosmetics. Debbie (sorry, i can't find your full name at present) you take the next deal with your 5 asterisk'd points! Real Winnah is Tony Abell, with 4 natch.Â* D1 with only one DQ is probably a personal best for me. I may not submit bluffs until i get the use of a proper PC or at least tablet.Â* This sprained my brain! 1>Â* A combined foot- and horse-race run in Haverhill, Massachusetts,Â* traditionally on Sadie Hawkins Day (November 15). submitted by:Â* Mike Shefler who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*1 votes from:Â* Ryan McGill 2>Â* The gentrification of poorer rural areas in New England; named for Haverhill, Massachusetts, which saw an extreme population explosion after the 2007 housing crisis. submitted by:Â* Ryan McGill who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*1 votes from:Â* Daniel Widdis,Â* 3>Â* AnÂ*infectiousÂ*diseaseÂ*ofÂ*cattle first identified inÂ*Haverhill, Wisconsin,Â*characterizedÂ*byÂ*highÂ*fever,Â*anemi a,Â*andÂ*emaciationÂ*andÂ*causedÂ*byÂ*parasiticÂ*p rotozoansÂ*ofÂ*theÂ*genusÂ*BabesiaÂ*that areÂ*transmittedÂ*byÂ*ticks. submitted by:Â* Chris Carson who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*2 votes from:Â* Dave Cunningham, Efrem Mallach 4>Â* Lingering reference to events in the Adirondacks in which college age freshman females suddenly began to go without undergarments.Â* submitted by:Â* Debbie who voted for:Â* 7 + *11* scoring:Â* Â*3Â* + *2 = *5 votes from:Â* Chris Carson, Tim Lodge, Daniel Widdis,Â* 5>Â*Â*[Mass. slang]Â* Public drunkenness (from Haverhill Township having ten taverns as early as 1685). submitted by:Â* Dave Cunningham who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*2 votes from:Â* Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne,Â* 6>Â* Deceptive or manipulative humbug. submitted by:Â* Judy Madnick who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*1 votes from:Â* Efrem Mallach 7>Â* [Colloq.] Fan enthusiasm for Haverhill Rovers F.C. of the Eastern Counties League (England). (Coined by writer Hannah Dolman of the Haverhill Echo.) submitted by:Â* Efrem Mallach who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*2 votes from:Â* Debbie,Â*Mike Shefler,Â* 8>Â*Â*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). submitted by:Â* Shani Naylor who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*1 votes from:Â* Judy Madnick,Â* 9>Â*Â*Feigned illness on the part of workers as an act of protest. submitted by:Â* Tony Abel who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*4 votes from:Â* Chris Carson, Shani Naylor, Dave Cunningham, Tim Bourne,Â* 10>Â* An "illness" of those who rush for the latest fad without checking its credibility. submitted by:Â* Tim Bourne who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 11>Â*Â*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. submitted by:Â* Dictionary.com scoring:Â* Â*1 votes from:Â* Debbie,Â* 12>Â* A form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. submitted by:Â* Daniel Widdis who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*3 votes from:Â* Tim Lodge, Johnny Barrs, Mike Shefler,Â* 13>Â*Â*Extreme enthusiasm for a political party or cause. submitted by:Â* Tim Lodge who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â*3 votes from:Â* Johnny Barrs, Judy Madnick, Ryan McGill 14>Â* [Hist. 1745] a panic driven response to the Huron massacre - [see Fenimore Cooper "Last of the Mohicans"] submitted by:Â* Johnny Barrs who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 15>Â*Â* submitted by:Â*Â* who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 16>Â*Â* submitted by:Â*Â* who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 17>Â*Â* submitted by:Â*Â* who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 18>Â*Â* submitted by:Â*Â* who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 19>Â*Â* submitted by:Â*Â* who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* 20>Â*Â* submitted by:Â*Â* who voted for:Â*Â* scoring:Â* Â* votes from:Â*Â* -- 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. -- 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. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 9:48 AM France International/Mike Shefler <
stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com wrote: > I'm assuming it was Johnny Barrs who was DQ, although from the scores, it > could have been Tim Bourne. > > --Mike > You know what they say: when you "Assume" - you're absolutely correct. > -- 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. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
I voted
JohnnyB On Sat, 1 Dec 2018, 23:54 —Keith Hale— <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) .com wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 9:48 AM France International/Mike Shefler < > stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com wrote: > >> I'm assuming it was Johnny Barrs who was DQ, although from the scores, it >> could have been Tim Bourne. >> >> --Mike >> > > You know what they say: when you "Assume" - you're absolutely correct. > >> -- > 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. > -- 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. |
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Re: [Dixonary] Round 2942 Results: Haverhill Fever
OK, then who was DQ?
On 12/2/2018 8:15 AM, John Barrs wrote: I votedÂ* JohnnyB On Sat, 1 Dec 2018, 23:54 —Keith Hale— <thoughtstorms (AT) gmail (DOT) .com wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 9:48 AM France International/Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com wrote: I'm assuming it was Johnny Barrs who was DQ, although from the scores, it could have been Tim Bourne. --Mike You know what they say: when you "Assume" - you're absolutely correct. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. |
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