Round 3177 results

[Mike Shefler]

Well, got a few more votes, so I'm closing it. Shani Naylor is the next dealer with an unnatural 5 (and the only person to have guessed the real def.

1.  [Cockney rhym. slang] a mouse. (After the nursery rhyme "Hickory

Dickory Dock.")                                                               

  Submitter: Emallach                 Votes: 7 & 11       0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Bourne; Cunningham

2.  a deadline.

  Submitter: Abell                     Vote: N/V          0 + 3 =   3

  Voted for by: Madnick; Lodge; Fein

3.  a method of sliding on ice; the slider moving on one foot, and

tapping the ice with the other.                                               

  Submitter: Shefler                   Vote: N/A                   D1

  Voted for by: Naylor

4.  colloquial reference to the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 which made

it illegal to erect a washing line across a yard that obstructed              

delivery of mail within the city.                                             

  Submitter: Embler                   Votes: 6 & 8        0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Barrs; Naylor

5.  _Genu valgum_, commonly called "knock-knee," a condition in which the

knees angle in and touch each other when the legs are straightened            

and often seen in those who are on their feet for extended periods of         

time (e.g., a postman).                                                       

  Submitter: Madnick                  Votes: 2 & 6        0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Barrs; Widdis

6.  a psychological illness defined by extreme anxiety about the future.

  Submitter: Barrs                    Votes: 4 & 5        0 + 3 =   3

  Voted for by: Embler; Madnick; Fein

7.  to make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam

in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper             

plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.                         

  Submitter: Widdis                   Votes: 5 & 10       0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Emallach; Cunningham

8.  [Sl.] gonorrhea.

  Submitter: Naylor                   Votes: *3* & 4      2 + 3 =   5

  Voted for by: Embler; Lodge; Shepherdson

9.  a lightship marking the northern end of the treacherous Goodwin Sands

off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom.                                        

  Submitter: Lodge                    Votes: 2 & 8        0 + 0 =   0

  Voted for by:                                                          

10.  [rare] two short, sharp raps given with the proximal interphalangeal

knuckles of the third and fourth digits; [slang] a modern battering           

ram or similar device used in door breaching.                                 

  Submitter: Mcgill                    Vote: N/V          0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Widdis; Shepherdson

11.  [Brit.] the action or practice of car stealing, esp. for the purpose

of joy-riding [rhyming slang for TWOC, taking without owner's                 

consent]                                                                      

  Submitter: Keating                   Vote: N/V          0 + 2 =   2

  Voted for by: Emallach; Bourne

     No def: Bourne                   Votes: 1 & 11       0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Fein                     Votes: 2 & 6        0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Shepherdson              Votes: 8 & 10       0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Cunningham               Votes: 1 & 7        0 + 0 =   0