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Old January 18th, 2021, 09:58 PM
'Efrem G Mallach' via Dixonary
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Default [Dixonary] Round 3135 POSSER results

Folks,

An posser, as Shani Naylor and Deb Fine voted, is (according to the dictionary) "a short stick used for stirring clothes in a washtub." This is one type of posser:



John Barrs submitted the essentially identical "a laundry stick (sometimes called a dolly)." The two were combined into #8 on the list after confirming that "dolly" is, in fact, another term for a posser, so I could add the parenthetical part to the dictionary definition with a straight face.

Alan Mallach's troublemaker, def. 5, had a natural 5 and is our next dealer.. Dan Widdis and Judy Madnick share the coveted runner-up spot with 4 points each.

Full results follow. Defs. "11" and "12" are the original sources of the combined def. 8 and did not appear in the list that was sent out.

1. a tall, cylindrical military cap. From Naylor, S. who voted 4, 11. Voted for by: Score: 3.

2. a supervisor in a tea plantation. From Bourne, T. who voted 4, 7. Voted for by: Mallach, A.; Madnick, J. Score: 2.

3. a kind of desk with an integral bookshelf. From Abell, T. who did not vote. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Barrs, J. Score: 2.

4. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] a bundle, esp. of hay. From Widdis, D. who voted 5, 3. Voted for by: Naylor, S.; Bourne, T.; Shefler, M.; Barrs, J. Score: 4.

5. [Yorks. Dial.] a troublemaker, a curmudgeon. From Mallach, A. who voted 2, 6. Voted for by: Widdis, D.; Shefler, M.; Madnick, J.; Embler, D.; McGill, R. Score: 5.

6. the defensive midliner in the game of fieldball. From Shefler, M. who voted 4, 5. Voted for by: Mallach, A. Score: 1.

7. a baby that regularly regurgitates after feeding. From Keating, P. who voted 1, 9. Voted for by: Bourne, T. Score: 1.

8. A stick for stirring laundry [sometimes called a dolly]. Combined from defs. "11" and "12." Score: N/A.

9. a 17th century raider or bandit in the Scottish borders. From Madnick, J.. who voted 2, 5. Voted for by: Keating, P.; Fein, D.; Embler, D.; McGill, R. Score: 4.

10. a handle for surgical instruments, widely used until the 1950s. From Fein, D. who voted 9, 11. Voted for by: None Score: 2.

"11." a laundry stick [sometimes called a dolly]. From Barrs, J. who voted 3, 4. Voted for (as def. 8) by: Naylor, S.; Fein, D. Score: 2.

"12." a short stick used for stirring clothes in a washtub. From Dictionary which could not vote. Voted for (as def. 8) by: Naylor, S.; Fein, D. Score: D2.

No definition from Embler, D. who voted 5, 9. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.

No definition from McGill, R. who voted 5, 9. Voted for by: N/A. Score: 0.

For those who prefer tables, here are the results in that form, in descending score order without regard for tie-breaking precedence:



Onward to 3136!

Efrem


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