Round 3061 - HODMANDODS - call for votes

[Tim B]

Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the
deadline, which is 2000 UTC (9 pm BST) on Monday 30th March. That should be 4 pm EDT on the US East
Coast and 1 pm PDT on the West Coast.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.

1. [Scots sl.] warts.
2. snails in their shells.
3. a state of nervous anxiety.
4. [Yorkshire dialect] workwear overalls.
5. [Shropshire Dial.] overshoes; galoshes.
6. leaves chewed or brewed in tea as a stimulant.
7. a collier’s tools, especially those used for cutting coal blocks.
8. insignia of rank carried or worn by a Cossack hodman (var., hetman) or chieftain.
9. plankton that congregate in multiple-species groups, apparently due to wave action.
10.[Old Finn] the snake that encircles the world and feeds on the sacred ash tree yggadrasil.
11. a drink similar to egg-nog, typically sweetened with sugar, flavoured with rum, brandy, orange
flower water, etc., and served warm.
12.articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the
amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Debbie]

This isolation has me so under-stimulated that I forgot to send a definition into the dealah. That being said, I vote for 9, and, ten for its sheer creativity.

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll try 1 and 2.  I did read them all!

1. [Scots sl.] warts.

2. snails in their shells.

I hope you're all enjoying social isolation and that domestic harmony is being maintained!

-- Tim L

[Judy Madnick]

4. [Yorkshire dialect] workwear overalls.
5. [Shropshire Dial.] overshoes; galoshes.

 

Judy Madnick

Albany, NY

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 4 and 8.

[Efrem G Mallach]

I'll try 2 and 3, please.

Efrem

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On Mar 29, 2020, at 4:26 AM, Tim B <dixo...@siam.co.uk> wrote:

Please vote for TWO definitions, as a public forum message (in reply to this one), before the deadline, which is 2000 UTC (9 pm BST) on Monday 30th March. That should be 4 pm EDT on the US East Coast and 1 pm PDT on the West Coast.

New players are welcome, even if you didn't enter a definition this round. Don't look in a dictionary.

[nancygoat]

I like 2 and 5.  But hard to tell what is right.

Nancy

[Daniel B Widdis]

5 and 7 please!

[ALAN MALLACH]

I'll go with 4 and 7.
Alan

[Shani Naylor]

3 probably sums up how many of us are feeling. 

2 because I don't believe it.