#1
|
|||
|
|||
[Dixonary] Round 3006 PULLIKINS Defs - Vote Now!
Apologies for the slight delay - I was distracted becuase a man who is
doing a CCTV survey of our drains turned up ealier than I'd expected. The registration number of his van is POO 4 CAM. Anyway, enough of that. Here we have 11 carefully-constructed defsof the word PULLIKINS, only one of which came from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message, before the deadline of: 09:00 BST on Friday 16th August, which is 08:00 GMT 10:00 CET 4:00 AM EDT 1:00 AM PST 20:00 NZST -- Tim L *** PULLIKINS 1. loose trousers. 2. [Scot.] a diaper. 3. another name for SPILLIKINS. 4. frantic or excited activity. 5. a freight car on a railway. [Eng.] 6. forceps or pliers used to extract teeth. 7. a specialized come-a-long used in the medical field. 8. [S. Brit.] pranks pulled by children on All Hallow's Eve. 9. petticoat breeches gathered at the knee; worn by men in mid 17th century Western Europe. 10. [York. folklore] an imp who picks ripe apples at night, leaving only unripe or misshapen fruit. 11. loose pantaloons worn by women in the late 19th Century; more popularly known as “bloomers,” after their creator Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818-1894). -- 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. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|