I have rather got a taste for these bluffing games. Piepowder has Anglo-Norman roots. Send me your daffynitions please, by PM.

Don't we already have one going? Can we hold off on this one? My brain is tiny....

Yes, Pearce, I posted one last night: Logaoedic.

So far, I have only two submissions, and am looking for more.

Please send me your daffynitions by PM, everybody!

Thanks--

Wordmatic

Pearce, please hold this one until Wordmatic's game is over.

Wordmatic, I've sent you a daffynition.

quote:

Originally posted by pearce:
I have rather got a taste for these bluffing games. Piepowder has Anglo-Norman roots. Send me your daffynitions please, by PM.

Sorry everyone. I had overlooked the present game.

Well it's time to return to Piepowder. You'll have my def via PM shortly!

Wordmatic

I think I already sent one - did you get it?

Mine has been sent.

on the way

quote:

Originally posted by Caterwauller:
I think I already sent one - did you get it?

Thanks one and all. I now have five offers and will wait for a few more.

DN by PM - on the way.

Drat, I didn't see that there was a word in play! Sorry, Pearce, for being so tardy - I've submitted one now.

I have 8 deftly crafted daffynitions now. Any more before I release them for your selections?

Some tasty morsels here.

Piepowder / daffynitions

1. adj. careless, rash c/w German das ist mir piepe : I don't give a damn.

2. A flat hat worn by shepherds of the English Midlands.

3. Detritus on the floor of a woodworker's shop.

4. dried and crumbled cow manure, bagged and sold as fertilizer.

5. Slang term for black powder used in muzzle loaders (rifles) that had become unusable after being exposed to moisture. Refers to the dough-like consistency of wet powder.

6. [of a bird] having a black-and-white speckled head.

7. A traveling salesman or trader

8. Ammunition used for rifles.


The choice is yours.

Call me a bird-brain: I'll take 6.

Wordmatic

You've been snared by the pull of "piebald," referring to horses.

I'd'a picked 5, except for the presence of 8. Two rights must make a wrong.

I think I'll just put on my other hat and take TWO

#7 please

I'll join Kalleh's parade and take #7.

I'll follow Hab and take 2 as well.

My response seems to have disappeared again.

I said that this time there seem to be no outrageously ridiculous ones for me to pick so I'd go for the only slightly silly 4.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by pearce:
After a great daffynition, just waiting for Arnie now. Where are you?

I'll try lucky seven, please.

Has there ever been an occasion when

a) jo and arnie disagreed?
b) jo and arnie agreed but were wrong?

quote:

Originally posted by BobHale:
Has there ever been an occasion when

a) jo and arnie disagreed?
b) jo and arnie agreed but were wrong?

No, to both, including this word.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by pearce:

Piepowder
Now for the answers you gave.

piepowder: adj. careless, rash c/w German das ist mir piepe : I don't give a damn. Bob Hale

A flat hat worn by shepherds of the English Midlands. Wordmatic

Slang term for black powder used in muzzle loaders (rifles) that had become unusable after being exposed to moisture. Refers to the dough-like consistency of wet powder. Jo

[of a bird] having a black-and-white speckled head. Arnie
Ammunition used for rifles. Kalleh

dried and crumbled cow manure, bagged and sold as fertilizer. Haberdasher

Detritus on the floor of a woodworker's shop. Asa Lovejoy

Correct answer is Number 7.
A wandering itinerant salesman or trader.
Anglo-Norman pepoudrous, pié poudrous (adjective) dusty-footed, (noun) wayfarer (1214; cf. Middle French regional (Poitou) pyé pouldreux travelling merchant. There was a Court of Piepowders — a summary court formerly held at fairs and markets to administer justice among itinerant dealers and others temporarily resident.

In England now, farmer's markets are very popular, but they are not intended to be filled with piepowders.

I wish to state uncategorically (what category would I put it in anyway ) that Arnie and I have never met, we are not IM'ing the answers to each other, and therefore it must be that we are mutually brilliant!

But of course!
WFTOBN
No, wait, that's the wrong thread...

Well, I would categorically like to say that, this time anyway, both Jo and Arnie copied my response.

Hey, Hab...it has been an age since we've had a word from you. How's about it?

Okay. Let's try OPERCULUM. Here it is.

Excellent word, Pearce!