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Old August 9th, 2018, 03:26 AM
Shani Naylor
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

Hi all

We have 13 definitions for our word WIDGIE - please vote for 2 of them.

1. An elastic band for securing hair in a ponytail, etc.

2. A tossing, twitching, or jerking of the body.

3. A bright red, orange, and yellow sparrow native to Australia.

4. An apparatus for measuring the density of very small amounts of
liquid.

5. A wax candle.

6. A lizard of the genus _*Ctenotus*_, also known as a comb-eared
skink, found throughout Australia [from a native Australian language].

7. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

8. [Scots] A rodent, insect, or other small creature generally
regarded as verminous.

9. A small songbird (*Anthochaera paradoxa*) of the Tasmanian
highlands.

10. A software installation which does not complete, and is unable to be
uninstalled.[alt. of *widget*]

11. A hatchling of a budgerigar, q.v.

12. [Slang] A mayfly, or other non-stinging flying bug.

13. A female larrikin or bodgie.


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Old August 9th, 2018, 05:23 AM
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

I'll take one Scots and one Tasmanian (to celebrate the island of my
grandfather's birth). That's 7 and 9, please.

7. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

9. A small songbird (*Anthochaera paradoxa*) of the Tasmanian
highlands.

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Old August 9th, 2018, 05:34 AM
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

as a don't know what a larrikin or a bodgie is I have to vote for that
and I follow with the lizard so #6 and #13 please

*JohnnyB*

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Old August 9th, 2018, 05:55 AM
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

1 and 13 so I have the average covered.

Dave


On Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 4:26:48 AM UTC-4, Shani Naylor wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> We have 13 definitions for our word WIDGIE - please vote for 2 of them.
>
> 1. An elastic band for securing hair in a ponytail, etc.
>
> 2. A tossing, twitching, or jerking of the body.
>
> 3. A bright red, orange, and yellow sparrow native to Australia.
>
> 4. An apparatus for measuring the density of very small amounts of
> liquid.
>
> 5. A wax candle.
>
> 6. A lizard of the genus _*Ctenotus*_, also known as a comb-eared
> skink, found throughout Australia [from a native Australian language].
>
> 7. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight
> line.
>
> 8. [Scots] A rodent, insect, or other small creature generally
> regarded as verminous.
>
> 9. A small songbird (*Anthochaera paradoxa*) of the Tasmanian
> highlands.
>
> 10. A software installation which does not complete, and is unable to
> be uninstalled.[alt. of *widget*]
>
> 11. A hatchling of a budgerigar, q.v.
>
> 12. [Slang] A mayfly, or other non-stinging flying bug.
>
> 13. A female larrikin or bodgie.
>
>
> Please vote by 9am Saturday 11 August (my time) or:
> Los Angeles <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/los-angeles> (USA
> - California) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 2:00:00 p.m. PDT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt>
> New York <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york> (USA - New
> York) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 5:00:00 p.m. EDT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt>
> London <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london> (United Kingdom
> - England) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 10:00:00 p.m. BST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst>
> Amsterdam <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/netherlands/amsterdam>
> (Netherlands) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 11:00:00 p.m. CEST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/cest>
>


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Old August 9th, 2018, 08:26 AM
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

I vote for 1 and 7.

Guerri
On 8/9/2018 4:26 AM, Shani Naylor wrote:
> 1.An elastic band for securing hair in a ponytail, etc.
> 7.[Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.


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Old August 9th, 2018, 08:55 AM
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6. A lizard of the genus _Ctenotus_, also known as a comb-eared skink, found throughout Australia [from a native Australian language].
11. A hatchling of a budgerigar, q.v.

for no good reason whatsoever.

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Old August 9th, 2018, 11:15 AM
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Default Re: [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

Multiple birds, other critters, Aussie terms, Scots words ... what to pick? To cover all four categories with two definitions, I vote for 8 and 9.

Efrem

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> On Aug 9, 2018, at 4:26 AM, Shani Naylor <shani.naylor (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> We have 13 definitions for our word WIDGIE - please vote for 2 of them.
>
>
>
> 8. [Scots] A rodent, insect, or other small creature generally regarded as verminous.
>
> 9. A small songbird (Anthochaera paradoxa) of the Tasmanian highlands.


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Old August 9th, 2018, 03:37 PM
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Default [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

Similar thoughts to Efram, but I'm picking different numbers. 3 & 12.

3. A bright red, orange, and yellow sparrow native to Australia.
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> 12. [Slang] A mayfly, or other non-stinging flying bug.
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Old August 9th, 2018, 05:29 PM
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I'll go for two Australians, 3 and 6.

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Subject: [Dixonary] Round 2913 time to vote - WIDGIE

> Hi all
>
> We have 13 definitions for our word WIDGIE - please vote for 2 of them.
>
> 1. An elastic band for securing hair in a ponytail, etc.
>
> 2. A tossing, twitching, or jerking of the body.
>
> 3. A bright red, orange, and yellow sparrow native to Australia.
>
> 4. An apparatus for measuring the density of very small
> amounts of liquid.
>
> 5. A wax candle.
>
> 6. A lizard of the genus _*Ctenotus*_, also known as a comb-eared
> skink, found throughout Australia [from a native Australian language].
>
> 7. [Scot.] Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the
> straight line.
>
> 8. [Scots] A rodent, insect, or other small creature generally
> regarded as verminous.
>
> 9. A small songbird (*Anthochaera paradoxa*) of the Tasmanian
> highlands.
>
> 10. A software installation which does not complete, and is unable
> to be uninstalled.[alt. of *widget*]
>
> 11. A hatchling of a budgerigar, q.v.
>
> 12. [Slang] A mayfly, or other non-stinging flying bug.
>
> 13. A female larrikin or bodgie.
>
> Please vote by 9am Saturday 11 August (my time) or:
> Los Angeles <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/los-angeles>
> (USA - California) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 2:00:00 p.m. PDT

<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt>
> New York <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york> (USA -
> New York) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 5:00:00 p.m. EDT

<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt>
> London <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london> (United
> Kingdom -
> England) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 10:00:00 p.m. BST

<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst>
> Amsterdam <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/netherlands/amsterdam>
> (Netherlands) Friday, 10 August 2018 at 11:00:00 p.m. CEST
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Old August 9th, 2018, 10:06 PM
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I’ll go for 11 and 13 because I don’t know what a budgerigar, larrikin, or bodgie are.



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Old August 10th, 2018, 07:57 AM
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Numbers 2 & 7 fickle my tancy this day!
Cheerios!
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Old August 10th, 2018, 09:20 AM
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I’m not crazy about all of the avian dead do I’ll go with 1 and 7.

Chris

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Numbers 2 & 7 fickle my tancy this day!
Cheerios!
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Old August 10th, 2018, 04:25 PM
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I'm past the voting deadline, but just in case, I'll attempt to vote for 12
and 13:

> 12.Â*Â* [Slang] A mayfly, or other non-stinging flying bug.
>
> 13.Â*Â* A female larrikin or bodgie.


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