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We've not had one of these games for some while, so it's high time we did.

Send me a "daffynition" for throstle.

Edited by arnie at Geoff's request from 'trostle' to 'throstle'.

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Hey - great idea! Mine's in!
 
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Good idea Geoff. I'll send one a bit later.

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Should have mine now.


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I'm in!


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I've got Bob's and arnie's, and good ones they are!

There are two meanings of the word, one of which Bob described in his submission. I'll ask for the other one. Smile
 
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Did I? I thought I made that up!
I'll PM you about it.


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Did you get mine, Geoff?
 
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Good grief!!! I just now realized I've made a huge gaffe! I could swear I typed "throstle," but I see that's not the case. Would an administrator please correct it?

For those of you who've already submitted daffynitions (including the right definition) please revise your submissions if you feel you need to. Also, I seek the definition you did NOT submit. There are two.
 
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Did you get mine, Geoff?


No. Please resend.
 
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Geoff I edited your post as you requested. However, you can always edit your own posts; just click on the edit icon, the second icon at the bottom right of your post. It looks like folder with a pen or perhaps an eraser.


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Ah. That explains it.


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Hello out there. Anything throstling?
 
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This will be held up for a week while I drive from Oregon to Indiana. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We do need a few more participants and particiskirts.
 
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Finally, back to the game.

I regret my erroneous original spelling, and my forgetting the commonly known definition which some, if not most, of you know. Bonus points if you know them both.

1. An iron transverse support for a trestle or bridge.

2. A type of thread spinning machine.

3. Northern English dialect word for a thrush.

4. To rudely push people out of your way.

5. A table used by thatchers to trim reeds to the correct length.

6. A small songbird found mostly in the West of Scotland.

7. v.t., to narrow or choke; alt. for THROTTLE.

8. (arch, coll) 19th-c term for a rude jostle delivered by a male to a female, where the identity of the throstler is hidden by a crowd.

9. A slang term for money.
 
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I like #4. There should be a word for that, if there isn't. Wink
 
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Ooh, this is one tough bunch.

Thinking out loud:
-- 1 is unabashed about exploiting "trestle" to attract a Feeling of Rightness
-- 2 invokes thimble and thread for the same purpose
-- 3 and 6 are the same and thereby disqualify each other. 4 and 8 ditto ditto
-- 5 thatchers and trim...
-- 7 brazenly suggests throttle
-- 9 Doesn't sound like slang - too many syllables for slang. Doesn't rhyme with anything Cockney I can think of...

Don't like it, but it's all that's left.

Hoist by my own petard! I'd rather it be 4 or 2, but the process of elimination says I have to vote for 9. If that's the right answer it's purely by induction, not knowledge.
 
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for no reason at all I'll say 5


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I am tempted by #1, but will vote for #5.
 
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Arnie, what say you?
 
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Arnie? Aaaarrrrnnneeee?
 
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Perhaps he's away for the holidays?
 
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Sorry all, as you guessed I'm away for the holiday period. I've not kept up to date with the site for a few days.

I vote for 3.


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Well now we all know what the real answer is, don't we?
 
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Except...isn't West of Scotland North of England?
(Pardon my USian lack of sensibililty - insert "UK" wherever appropriate,
even though in some respects it's not so U)
 
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As some of you know, one definitionis a thrush, regardless of where said bird lives.

The other definition is #2, a spinning machine.
How the term came about I know not, but I found it in the book, The Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven Beckert.

Because I still don't know how to cutand paste stuff with this mouseless crotch top computer I'll let y'all tell us what daffynitions are yours.
 
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Congratulations, Geoff! You fooled us all.
 
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I fooled myself too, with my incorrect spelling.

Who'll take the next round?
 
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No takers? I'll do it then.
 
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Thanks, Kalleh.

Geoff the feckless naff nebbish
 
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