1. Hedgehog mushroom.
2. Obsolete. Jargon.
3. a type of pear that ripens early.
4. (Whaling) a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck.
5. a type of jacket worn by the upper castes during the Diwali festival.
6. A double-ended ferry having two rudders located at the front and rear.
7. [Brit. mil. sl., orig. WW II SE Asia] A forced march, esp. of prisoners of war.
8. A translucent, colourless, or smoky variety of the mineral zircon, found in Sri Lanka.
9. a refusal to a question or proposition which is phrased so as to sound like an acceptance and thus designed to mislead.
10. (or JAR GOON) a crew member, usually the tail gunner in a bomber, located in a perspex bubble protruding from an aircraft fuselage [RAF slang].
11. The collective name for pirates and raiders from the southeastern Persian Gulf coast (also known as the ‘Pirate Coast’) who harassed British-flagged shipping in the 18th century. This led to the establishment of the Persian Gulf Residency (1763-1947) under the British East India Company and later the British Raj.
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Here we have 11 defs of the word JARGOON, only one of which comes from my dictionary. Please vote for your two favourites by public reply to this message before the deadline, which is:
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8. A translucent, colourless, or smoky variety of the mineral zircon, found in Sri Lanka.
10. (or JAR GOON) a crew member, usually the tail gunner in a bomber, located in a perspex bubble protruding from an aircraft fuselage [RAF slang].
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