RE: [Dixonary] Round 3148 BATTNER - time to vote

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amal...@comcast.net

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Mar 7, 2021, 9:40:15 AM3/7/21
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All – Here are 15 definitions of the word BATTNER, one the ‘real’ definition, and fourteen that are not real, or at least not the correct one.  Please vote for two no later than 8AM EST on Tuesday, March 9, which is:

 

New York (USA - New York)         Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 8:00:00 am    EST  UTC-5 hours   

Paris (France - Île-de-France)    Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 2:00:00 pm    CET  UTC+1 hour    

Kabul (Afghanistan)               Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5:30:00 pm    AFT  UTC+4:30 hours

Auckland (New Zealand - Auckland) Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 2:00:00 am NZDT UTC+13 hours  

Murmansk (Russia - Murmansk)      Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 4:00:00 pm    MSK  UTC+3 hours   

London (United Kingdom - England) Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 1:00:00 pm    GMT  UTC           

San Francisco (USA - California)  Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5:00:00 am    PST  UTC-8 hours   

Corresponding UTC (GMT)           Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 13:00:00                          

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Alan

 

  1. A gamekeeper

 

  1. A long, tapering, lightly-built riverboat of Alsace

 

  1. On a sailing ship, the person responsible for the stowage of cargo.

 

  1. In the University of Oxford a batten is an account for food  and drink with the kitchen or buttery of the college. A battner is a student or scholar who makes use of this facility

 

  1. A person responsible for fattening cattle for slaughter at stockyards after transport.

 

  1. A coop or enclosure of wickerwork or spars placed in tide-ways and openings in weirs, as a trap for salmon and other fish.

 

  1. An ox: beef being apt to batten or fatten those that eat it.

 

  1. (Jewelry) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones.

 

  1. A small pole used to force plush filling into the arms of stuffed animals

 

  1. A person who takes goods by force; a robber, a plunderer, a despoiler.

 

  1. The district leading to the moor

 

  1. A bar that falls into place on the 2nd turn of a key, locking the tumblers in place to prevent picking.

  2. (fr Norw.) A Danish-designed dining table with integrated leaves.

 

  1. A cushion stuffer

 

  1. A servant responsible for bedding and linens.

 

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Subject: RE: [Dixonary] Round 3148 BATTNER - reminder

 

With a little over 20 hours to go, I have received an awesome number of responses, yet there are a still a few of you out there.

 

I’ve received defs from Tim Lodge, Tim Bourne, Ryan McGill, Paul Keating, Mike Shefler, Johnny Barrs, Deb Embler, Deborah Fein, Nancy Shepherdson, Shani Naylor, Judy Madnick and Daniel Widdis.

 

if you’re not on this list, and you’ve sent one in, please resend to amal...@comcast.net.

 

Best,

 

Alan

 

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Subject: RE: [Dixonary] Round 3148 BATTNER

 

 

All – The word for this round is

 

                                                BATTNER

 

No capitalization is implied, one way or the other.

 

Please send your DQ or definitions to me, real or imaginary, by 8AM US Eastern time on Sunday, March 7, which is

 

London, United Kingdom    Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm GMT    

Paris, France             Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm CET    

Auckland, New Zealand     Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 2:00 am NZDT   

San Francisco, USA        Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 5:00 am PST    

Bujumbura, Burundi        Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 3:00 pm CAT   

 

Looking forward to getting your definitions.

 

Alan

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Judy Madnick

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Mar 7, 2021, 10:06:50 AM3/7/21
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If you're old enough, you remember five-and-ten-cent stores. I'll go with 5 and 10.
 
  1.  person responsible for fattening cattle for slaughter at stockyards after transport.
  1.  person who takes goods by force; a robber, a plunderer, a despoiler.

Judy Madnick

Paul Keating

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Mar 7, 2021, 10:24:32 AM3/7/21
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8 & 13 please.

P

Fein, Deborah

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Mar 7, 2021, 11:34:06 AM3/7/21
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12 and 15, please.

Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
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Tim B

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Mar 7, 2021, 11:49:50 AM3/7/21
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10 and 12, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

Hero’s fall Cunningham

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Mar 7, 2021, 5:00:43 PM3/7/21
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3 and 9 for no sense at all.

Dave

Tim Lodge

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Mar 7, 2021, 6:04:18 PM3/7/21
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I'll vote for the stuffing defs, 9 and 14, please.

          9. A small pole used to force plush filling into the arms of stuffed animals

        14. A cushion stuffer

--  Tim L


Efrem G Mallach

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Mar 7, 2021, 9:17:26 PM3/7/21
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I'll stuff this one: 9 and 14.

Efrem

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On Mar 7, 2021, at 9:40 AM, <amal...@comcast.net> <amal...@comcast.net> wrote:

All – Here are 15 definitions of the word BATTNER, one the ‘real’ definition, and fourteen that are not real, or at least not the correct one.  Please vote for two no later than 8AM EST on Tuesday, March 9, which is: 
 

New York (USA - New York)         Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 8:00:00 am    EST  UTC-5 hours    

Paris (France - Île-de-France)    Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 2:00:00 pm    CET  UTC+1 hour     

Kabul (Afghanistan)               Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5:30:00 pm    AFT  UTC+4:30 hours 

Auckland (New Zealand - Auckland) Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 2:00:00 am NZDT UTC+13 hours   

Murmansk (Russia - Murmansk)      Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 4:00:00 pm    MSK  UTC+3 hours    

London (United Kingdom - England) Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 1:00:00 pm    GMT  UTC            

San Francisco (USA - California)  Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 5:00:00 am    PST  UTC-8 hours    

Corresponding UTC (GMT)           Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 13:00:00                          

 
Looking forward to hearing from you. 
 
Alan

  1. A small pole used to force plush filling into the arms of stuffed animals
  
  1. A cushion stuffer

Daniel B Widdis

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Mar 7, 2021, 10:17:09 PM3/7/21
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5 and 7 make me hungry.  (So does 4, and the temptation to link eating an ox to eating at oxford is strong, but I’ll stick with the fattened variety)

 

Shani Naylor

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Mar 7, 2021, 10:51:08 PM3/7/21
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I'll try the batten/fatten connection.  5 & 7.



Debbie

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Mar 8, 2021, 8:45:22 AM3/8/21
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6 and 12 please

France International/Mike Shefler

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Mar 8, 2021, 10:21:53 AM3/8/21
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9 and 14 seem to be similar, so they get my votes.

--Mike

Ryan McGill

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Mar 8, 2021, 1:19:44 PM3/8/21
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5 & 12 will do.
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