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[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 -- 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. |