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Old April 12th, 2017, 06:12 PM
Dave Cunningham
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Default [Dixonary] HOBSON-JOBSON defs

Kindly vote for two hereof without recourse to any lexicon, before 5 p.m.
EDT on Friday 14 April 2017. All errors, as always, are the fault of the
dealer, who is anxious to avoid the neurosurgeon.

1. a procrastinator
2. festal excitement
3. lack of choice; pot luck.
4. presented without evidence
5. the use of literal expressions
6. _archaic_ discomposed or rumpled.
7. one who entertains foolish speculations
8. a mélange or mixture of various foods hastily put together; a
potpourri.
9. a false assertion by one person that he or she is someone else,
usually in order to claim an inheritance.
10. 1. a take it or leave it job offer. (see Hobson's choice) 2. a town
cryer or any job using the voice. (deriv. rhyming-slang from Hobson's
choice (1) meaning voice.
11. a programming language used to specify the manner, timing, and other
requirements of execution of a task or set of tasks submitted for
execution, especially in background, on a multitasking computer.
12. a man's tall. collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs
and usually covered with a black, silky fabric [named for hat sellers Oscar
Hobson and Henry Jobson, who popularised the style in the 1870s]

Dave

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Old April 12th, 2017, 06:21 PM
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May as well get this over with. I'll try these (although there are a lot of good choices!):

3. lack of choice; pot luck.
8. a mélange or mixture of various foods hastily put together; a potpourri.

Judy Madnick
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Old April 12th, 2017, 07:30 PM
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For me; 3 & 6, please.
-Keith-

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Old April 13th, 2017, 01:57 AM
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Is this another case of the real def being left out?Â* I don’t believe any of them.



I’ll take 12 as the only remotely believable option, and 6 as the only other one I didn’t completely rule out.



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Old April 13th, 2017, 02:49 AM
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Hi all!

I don't believe any of these. Not at all. Then, I didn't believe the
word either, so I guess that makes the defs good, right?

My choices: 1 (to explain why I don't have a def in there *), and 11
(because I can)

Cheers,
Hugo

* That is not the real reason. I'll send a separate OT message to bring
you all up to speed on some recent health issues.


Op 13-4-2017 om 1:12 schreef Dave Cunningham:
> Kindly vote for two hereof without recourse to any lexicon, before 5
> p.m. EDT on Friday 14 April 2017. All errors, as always, are the
> fault of the dealer, who is anxious to avoid the neurosurgeon.
>
> 1. a procrastinator
> 2. festal excitement
> 3. lack of choice; pot luck.
> 4. presented without evidence
> 5. the use of literal expressions
> 6. _archaic_ discomposed or rumpled.
> 7. one who entertains foolish speculations
> 8. a mélange or mixture of various foods hastily put together; a
> potpourri.
> 9. a false assertion by one person that he or she is someone else,
> usually in order to claim an inheritance.
> 10. 1. a take it or leave it job offer. (see Hobson's choice) 2. a
> town cryer or any job using the voice. (deriv. rhyming-slang from
> Hobson's choice (1) meaning voice.
> 11. a programming language used to specify the manner, timing, and
> other requirements of execution of a task or set of tasks submitted
> for execution, especially in background, on a multitasking computer.
> 12. a man's tall. collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by
> springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric [named for hat
> sellers Oscar Hobson and Henry Jobson, who popularised the style in
> the 1870s]
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Old April 13th, 2017, 03:50 AM
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8 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

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Old April 13th, 2017, 04:00 AM
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#2 and #5 for me please

*JohnnyB*

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Old April 13th, 2017, 05:04 AM
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I vote for 8 and 12.

Guerri
On 4/12/2017 7:12 PM, Dave Cunningham wrote:
> 8. a mélange or mixture of various foods hastily put together; a
> potpourri.
> 12. a man's tall. collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by
> springs and usually covered with a black, silky fabric [named for hat
> sellers Oscar Hobson and Henry Jobson, who popularised the style in
> the 1870s]
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Old April 13th, 2017, 10:34 AM
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Dave

Despite what I said to you privately, I don't recognise anything here
(except my own) so I think it's safe to vote: 5 and 8, please.

5. the use of literal expressions

7. one who entertains foolish speculations

-- Tim L

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Old April 13th, 2017, 10:35 AM
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7 or 8?





On 4/13/2017 11:34 AM, Tim Lodge wrote:




Dave

Despite what I said to you privately, I don't recognise anything here (except my own) so I think it's safe to vote:Â* 5 and 8, please.



Â*5. the use of literal expressions

Â*7. one who entertains foolish speculations



--Â* Tim L


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Old April 13th, 2017, 08:03 PM
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What can I say? I'll go for 8 and 12.

Chris


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On Apr 13, 2017, at 11:35 AM, France International/Mike Shefler <stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com<mailto:stamps (AT) salsgiver (DOT) com>> wrote:


7 or 8?

On 4/13/2017 11:34 AM, Tim Lodge wrote:
Dave

Despite what I said to you privately, I don't recognise anything here (except my own) so I think it's safe to vote: 5 and 8, please.

5. the use of literal expressions

7. one who entertains foolish speculations

-- Tim L
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Old April 13th, 2017, 08:55 PM
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I'll try 8 and 9.

Efrem

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> On Apr 12, 2017, at 7:12 PM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net> wrote:
>
> Kindly vote for two hereof without recourse to any lexicon, before 5 p.m. EDT on Friday 14 April 2017. All errors, as always, are the fault of the dealer, who is anxious to avoid the neurosurgeon.
>
> 8. a mélange or mixture of various foods hastily put together; a potpourri.
>
> 9. a false assertion by one person that he or she is someone else, usually in order to claim an inheritance.


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Old April 14th, 2017, 02:35 AM
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I'll vote for 1 & 7 for no good reason.

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Dave Cunningham <cunn5393 (AT) bellsouth (DOT) net>
wrote:

> Kindly vote for two hereof without recourse to any lexicon, before 5 p.m.
> EDT on Friday 14 April 2017. All errors, as always, are the fault of the
> dealer, who is anxious to avoid the neurosurgeon.
>
> 1. a procrastinator
> 2. festal excitement
> 3. lack of choice; pot luck.
> 4. presented without evidence
> 5. the use of literal expressions
> 6. _archaic_ discomposed or rumpled.
> 7. one who entertains foolish speculations
> 8. a mélange or mixture of various foods hastily put together; a
> potpourri.
> 9. a false assertion by one person that he or she is someone else,
> usually in order to claim an inheritance.
> 10. 1. a take it or leave it job offer. (see Hobson's choice) 2. a town
> cryer or any job using the voice. (deriv. rhyming-slang from Hobson's
> choice (1) meaning voice.
> 11. a programming language used to specify the manner, timing, and other
> requirements of execution of a task or set of tasks submitted for
> execution, especially in background, on a multitasking computer.
> 12. a man's tall. collapsible top hat, held open or in shape by springs
> and usually covered with a black, silky fabric [named for hat sellers Oscar
> Hobson and Henry Jobson, who popularised the style in the 1870s]
>
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