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Old November 5th, 2018, 09:00 AM
Tony Abell
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2936 - FLOB Defs Up

Find below 13 definitions of flob, one of which comes from a dictionary. The
remainder come from the fertile imaginations of the players.

Vote for two by way of a public response to this message before the deadline.
You may vote even if you did not submit a definition, but you may NOT vote if you
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Wednesday, 06:00am EST (New York) 07-Nov-2018
Wednesday, 03:00am PST (San Francisco) 07-Nov-2018
Wednesday, 11:00am GMT (London) 07-Nov-2018
Wednesday, 12:00pm CET (Brussels) 07-Nov-2018
Wednesday, 10:00pm AEDT (Melbourne) 07-Nov-2018
Wednesday 2018-11-07 1100Z


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1. (Sl.) Tobacco.

2. A thick lump or mass.

3. [SW Eng. Regional] A flowerpot.

4. Any of several reddish-brown water insoluble pigments derived from tannin
in barks.

5. The collection of water, oil, antifreeze and other toxic substances that
collect in the lowest internal part of a ship's hull.

6. Derogatory airline crew term for a passenger who quotes airline rules and
policies, originally an acronym for Flight Lawyer On Board.

7. [Chiefly Scot.] A clumsy, awkward or foolish person.

8. [also FLUB] A mistake, gaffe, or other minor snafu.

9. An imposition; a trick. [Obs.]

10. Broad sash worn with a kimono.

11. To be clumsy or aimless in moving.

12. In early computing, the time taken to change every byte in core memory. In
some cases, this was up to a full second on early mainframes.

13. A wartime dessert, also known as Floating Islands, consisting of chunks of
whipped-up egg white on a sea of custard.


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