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My wife found this word in a historical fiction novel she's reading. What's a bindlestiff? Send daffynitions via PM.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Geoff, | ||
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Will anybody come out and play? Pleeeeeease? | |||
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As you said pleeeeeease. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Bob and one other so far. Keep them coming! | |||
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I've seen "bindlestiff" before. Makes me think of "Once a jolly swagman sat beside the billabong..." | |||
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Doesn't stop you trying to fool us with a few definitions of your own though. "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Four people have contributed so far. Kalleh? Shufitz? Anyone else? | |||
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I'll post what I've been sent on Saturday. Hurry, hurry, hurry, get your stiff bindles while they last. | |||
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The Daffynitions: 1 A stuck-up snob 2 An alchemists term for a group of mixed herbs, 3 A disease of pigs involving a hardening of the muscular tissue. 4 A dance performed by a coven of witches to summon demon familiars. 5 a hard-worked, broken-down horse 6 Medieval dog breed 7 Wooden slat used for stabilization of fabric walls, e.g., windbreaks, large tents, et al 8 A form of rye beer popular in 18th century England 9 A gigolo 10 A hobo, esp. one who cheats and/or steals from other hobos. Pick the real one! | |||
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Well it sounds like a dog but as I have been advised to give up drinking by my doctor I will take a beer and choose number 8 "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Then don't sit by your doctor when drinking.  | |||
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Living where I do now it's not such a terrible hardship. As I often tell people, for me drinking is a social activity and if I have no one to socialise with I hardly drink at all. If we exclude the office Christmas party which we actually held in January then so far this year I have drunk a grand total of three bottles of weak as water Chinese beer. Now being told not to eat cheese is a far more difficult proposition.This message has been edited. Last edited by: BobHale, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Which Chinese beer? I admit to actually LIKING Tsingtao. | |||
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The export version of Tsingtao is different. All Chinese beers taste the same over here and are usually a MAXIMUM of 3.2 % "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson. | |||
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Since choosing is free...I'll take TEN ! (Never could resist a good ol' punchline. Don't try too hard, neither...) | |||
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I'm confused. Did you just reveal the real one? | |||
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Did I? The real one's in there, as is usual for this game. Which one is it? | |||
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Confused because you issued the list a 2nd time, in slightly different order, & this time missing gigolo. ? | |||
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Oh. Well, I have brain parts missing too. Boy, am I confoozed!!! I've deleted the second one. | |||
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OK thanks, Geoff. This is a very difficult selection-- congrats to entrants! With no confidence at all, I'll vote for #10 also... | |||
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Bethree5, your guess is a good one. https://www.wordnik.com/words/bindle%20stiff Tinman and Haberdaberdaberdaberdasher knew it, and supplied references to it, so three of you got it right. Here's the rest of them: 1 Tinman 2, 3 &4: Bob 5 Hab 6,7&8: Bethree5 9 Geoff 10 The real thing | |||
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Here's the real one: https://www.wordnik.com/words/bindle%20stiff Tinman provided #1 Bob submitted #s 2, 3 and 4. Haberdaberdaberdaberdasher submitted #5, while monkeying around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6rNsB6qWIU 6, 7 &8 were Bethree5's 9 was mine Now, somebody please submit a good one! | |||
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OK, I have one. Been saving it for 20,000 leagues, as a matter of fact. Look for new thread here . | |||
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