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Bluffing games: Piepowder
September 15, 2006, 13:52
pearceBluffing games: Piepowder
I have rather got a taste for these bluffing games.
Piepowder has Anglo-Norman roots. Send me your daffynitions please, by PM.
September 15, 2006, 14:30
joDon't we already have one going? Can we hold off on this one? My brain is tiny....
September 15, 2006, 14:50
wordmaticYes, 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
September 15, 2006, 18:38
KallehPearce, please hold this one until Wordmatic's game is over.
Wordmatic, I've sent you a daffynition.
September 16, 2006, 02:08
pearcequote:
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.
September 25, 2006, 04:33
wordmaticWell it's time to return to Piepowder. You'll have my def via PM shortly!
Wordmatic
September 25, 2006, 04:35
CaterwaullerI think I already sent one - did you get it?
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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
September 25, 2006, 04:47
joMine has been sent.
September 25, 2006, 05:57
BobHaleon the way
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
September 26, 2006, 03:56
pearcequote:
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.
September 26, 2006, 08:26
haberdasherDN by PM - on the way.
September 27, 2006, 19:36
<Asa Lovejoy>Drat, I didn't see that there was a word in play! Sorry, Pearce, for being so tardy - I've submitted one now.
September 28, 2006, 02:36
pearceI have 8 deftly crafted daffynitions now. Any more before I release them for your selections?
September 29, 2006, 00:27
pearceSome 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.
September 29, 2006, 18:28
wordmaticCall me a bird-brain: I'll take 6.
Wordmatic
September 29, 2006, 18:36
haberdasherYou'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
TWOSeptember 29, 2006, 21:42
Kalleh#7 please
September 29, 2006, 21:48
joI'll join Kalleh's parade and take #7.
September 30, 2006, 19:16
CaterwaullerI'll follow Hab and take 2 as well.
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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama
October 01, 2006, 01:34
BobHaleMy 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.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
October 01, 2006, 01:59
pearce[QUOTE]Originally posted by pearce:
After a great daffynition, just waiting for Arnie now. Where are you?
October 01, 2006, 05:08
arnieI'll try lucky seven, please.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
October 01, 2006, 05:28
BobHale Has there ever been an occasion when
a) jo and arnie disagreed?
b) jo and arnie agreed but were wrong?
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
October 01, 2006, 09:44
pearcequote:
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.
October 01, 2006, 09:49
pearce[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.
October 01, 2006, 19:00
haberdasherBut of course!
WFTOBN No, wait, that's the wrong thread...
October 01, 2006, 20:03
KallehWell, 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?
October 02, 2006, 14:57
haberdasherOkay. Let's try
OPERCULUM.
Here it is.October 05, 2006, 05:24
CaterwaullerExcellent word, Pearce!
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"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
~Dalai Lama