Round 3568 SKIMMINGTON Defs - Vote Now!

[Tim Lodge]

Here we have 13 defs of the word SKIMMINGTON only one of which comes from my dictionary.  Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline:

        17:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 6th August  

        18:00 BST in London
        19:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
         1:00 PM EDT in New York  
        10:00 AM PDT in California
        05:00 NZST on Thursday 7th in New Zealand

‏I reserve the right to close the round early if all players who have submitted a def have voted.

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

--  Tim L

*** SKIMMINGTON ***

1.  An anorak designed to withstand extremely low temperatures.

 2.  A heritage breed of hog, originating in Yorkshire and Lancashire,

 3.  A discreet signal used by improvisational actors to cue mood shifts.

 4.  A type of hat used by members of the International Order of Odd Fellows.

 5.  The ceremonial ringing of a bell to announce the start of a village fair.

 6.  A measure of cargo capacity specific to coal transport in 18th-century England.

 7.  A stone-skimming competition; _with initial cap_.: such an event held annually in Argyll, Scotland.

 8.  A procession made through a village intended to bring ridicule on and make an example of a nagging wife or an unfaithful husband.

 9.  A fictional seaside resort featured in some Victorian novels as a genteel destination for those who found Brighton too boisterous.

10.  A recessed architectural detail found in vaulted ceilings of 18th-century municipal buildings, often characterized by a grooved band of plaster fluting encircling the apical joint.

11.  A variety of pink (_Dianthus plumarius_) bred by Lucy Skimmington. A single version of Mrs Sinkins; white with ruffled purple borders. This variety now lost and not known in any current plantsman's catalogue

12.  A former money-raising practice for the benefit of the senior college at Eton school, whereby pupils dressed up in fancy dress and walked to a hill near Slough and asked for donations from anyone they saw on the way there.

13.  A traditional celebration in country towns where residents don mismatched clothing and parade through the streets while carrying oversized spoons and pots, creating a cacophony of sounds to ward off bad luck for the coming year.

[Rey]

4 & 5. 

There's something odd about the name of the organization in 4, that I can't put my finger on. But there are probably several organizations with similar names.

[Judy Madnick]

1.  An anorak designed to withstand extremely low temperatures (because I don't know what an "anorak" is!)

and

11.  A variety of pink (_Dianthus plumarius_) bred by Lucy Skimmington. A single version of Mrs Sinkins; white with ruffled purple borders. This variety now lost and not known in any current plantsman's catalogue (because I hope not to have to deal!!)

 

Judy Madnick

[John Barrs]

#8 and #9

JohnnyB

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[Chowie]

1 and 9 please

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

​"For we cannot do anything against the truth, 

but only for the truth​." 

II Corinthians 13:8

[Tim Bourne]

I don't believe any of them, but let's try 9 and 11, please.

I'll be away from reliable internet for the next 2 weeks.

Best wishes, Tim Bourne.

[Paul Keating]

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[Glenn Thomas Davis]

(Rolling dice) 2 and 4.

—Glenn

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go partying with 8 and 13.

--Mike

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 4 and 7.

-- Eric

[nancygoat]

The marching oddballs for me: 12 and 13.

Nancy

[Tony Abell]

I'll try the processions: 8 and 13.

> 8. A procession made through a village intended to bring ridicule on and
> make an example of a nagging wife or an unfaithful husband.

[Efrem Mallach]

1 and 6, please.

Efrem

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On Aug 5, 2025, at 5:30 AM, 'Tim Lodge' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Here we have 13 defs of the word SKIMMINGTON only one of which comes from my dictionary.  Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline:

        17:00 UTC/GMT on Wednesday 6th August  

        18:00 BST in London
        19:00 CET in France and the Netherlands
         1:00 PM EDT in New York  
        10:00 AM PDT in California
        05:00 NZST on Thursday 7th in New Zealand

‏I reserve the right to close the round early if all players who have submitted a def have voted.

New players are welcome - just don't look up the word until after you've voted.

--  Tim L

*** SKIMMINGTON ***

1.  An anorak designed to withstand extremely low temperatures.

 6.  A measure of cargo capacity specific to coal transport in 18th-century England.

[Tim Lodge]

Sorry - real life has intervened!  Results coming coming up shortly.

--  Tim L