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nancy shepherdson

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Apr 20, 2026, 2:32:06 PM (10 days ago) Apr 20
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I'm a runner up, too! So happy to break a streak of futility.
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Subject: [Dixonary] Digest for dixo...@googlegroups.com - 14 updates in 5 topics
 
Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com>: Apr 19 09:12AM +1200

Good morning
 
I'm closing a little early as everyone who submitted a def has now voted.
 
Poddy-dodger is an Australian term meaning a person who steals unbranded
cattle. Two perceptive players voted for it - Judy M & (at the last minute)
Efrem M, making Efrem the overall winner with 5 points. Joint runners up
are Judy & Johnny B (who was also DQ) with 3 points apiece.
 
Take it away Efrem!
 
1. A bicycle messenger.
Eric B, who voted 1 & 10. Score: 2
Votes from [Eric B], Debbie E & Tim B.
 
2. A child who is not toilet-trained.
 
Tim L, who voted 4 & 12. Score: 1
Vote from Debbie E.
 
3. A cattle thief who steals unbranded calves.
Collins D2
Votes from Judy M & Efrem M.
 
4. [Norfolk Dialect] A garden snail; a slow thinker.
Johnny B, who was DQ. Score: 3
Votes from Nancy S, Tim L & Dan W.
 
5. A person travelling on a train or bus and avoiding payment.
Tim B, who voted 1 & 6. Score: 1
Vote from Paul K.
 
6. [Pejorative] A horse that refuses to walk into standing water.
Efrem M, who voted *3 & 11. Score: 5
Votes from Mike S, Judy M & Tim B.
 
7. *Australian slang.* Good, excellent; intensive of *dodger*
‘satisfactory’.
Paul K, who voted 5 & 11. Score: 1
Vote from Hugo K.
 
8. A poorly told joke; a joke with a lame punch line; a person who
tells such jokes.
Mike S, who voted 6 & 11. Score: 0
No votes.
 
9. (sl) An individual who has psychiatric issues but avoids
institutionalized treatment.
Debbie E, who voted 1 & 2. Score: 0
No votes.
 
10. A small African sandpiper with short brown legs and red, grey, or
blackish plumage.
Hugo K, who voted 7 & 12. Score: 2
Votes from Eric B & Nancy S.
 
11. A person who avoids difficult work by keeping busy with minor or
unnecessary tasks.
Dan W, who voted 4 & 12. Score: 2
Votes from Mike S, Paul K & Efrem M.
 
12. An open-faced sliced beef and hashed browns sandwich, covered with
melted cheese.
Nancy S, who voted 4 & 10. Score: 3
Votes from Tim L, Hugo K & Dan W.
 
13. A street vendor who moves quickly between market stalls to sell
leftover produce before closing time.
Judy M, who voted *3 & 6. Score: 2
No votes.
Daniel B. Widdis <wid...@dixonary.net>: Apr 18 02:32PM -0700


> Dan W, who voted 4 & 12. Score: 2
> Votes from Mike S, Paul K & Efrem M.
 
 
Shouldn't that be 3? :-)
 
On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com> wrote:
 
Shani Naylor <shani....@gmail.com>: Apr 19 09:49AM +1200

Whoops, yes. Sorry.
 
 
 
 
Eric Boxer <ecb...@gmail.com>: Apr 19 11:08AM -0700

Oops, I apologize for voting for myself, I think I mistyped my vote :|
 
Paul Keating <dixonar...@boargules.com>: Apr 19 08:32PM +0200

No need to apologize. It harms your possible score, and so it carries its own penalty, because in doing it you forgo one chance at guessing correctly. So players generally only do it for tactical reasons, myself among them.
 
 
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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
On 2026-04-19 20:08:16, Eric Boxer <ecb...@gmail.com> wrote:
Oops, I apologize for voting for myself, I think I mistyped my vote :|
 
 
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Mike Shefler <sta...@salsgiver.com>: Apr 19 09:48AM -0700

[code]
Total Scores Through Round 3640
 
SHEFLER, M 7431 Started in round: 162
LODGE, T 6608 Started in round: 593
WIDDIS, D 5252 Started in round: 444
KEATING, P 4852 Started in round: 186
BARRS, J 4616 Started in round: 1528
MADNICK, J 3580 Started in round: 1312
BOURNE, T 3541 Started in round: 1335
ABELL, T 3398 Started in round: 1589
MALLACH, E 2924 Started in round: 2310
SHEPHERDSON, N 2696 Started in round: 1252
NAYLOR, S 2288 Started in round: 2510
KORNELIS, H 1134 Started in round: 1000
EMBLER, D 1097 Started in round: 2918
DAVIS, G 389 Started in round: 3340
BOXER, E 206 Started in round: 3490
LECKENBY, J 31 Started in round: 3071
TERMAN, G 12 Started in round: 3392
DWEEZEL, 7 2 Started in round: 3630 [/code]
Mike Shefler <sta...@salsgiver.com>: Apr 19 09:47AM -0700

[code]
5-Round 4-Rnd Round Round Round Round
Round
Player TOTAL 3636 3637 3638 3639
3640
------------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
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Naylor, S............... 16 12 4 1 3* 8 D 2
Lodge, T................ 15 14 1 4 3* 6* 1
Mallach, E.............. 13 10 3* 4 D 8 1 5*
Embler, D............... 13 8 5* D 0 4* 4* 0
Keating, P.............. 12 8 4* 7* D 3 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kornelis, H............. 11 7 4* 1 3* 1 2
Bourne, T............... 7 7 0 4 2* 0 1
Barrs, J................ 7 4 3* DQ 0 DQ 0 DQ 1 DQ 3
Widdis, D............... 6 5 1 2* 0 3
Shefler, M.............. 6 6 0 2 3* 1 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Madnick, J.............. 5 5 D 6 0 0 3* 2*
Abell, T................ 5 1 4* 0 1
Shepherdson, N.......... 3 3 0 0 3
Boxer, E................ 3 3 0 0 1
2[/code]
Efrem Mallach <emal...@verizon.net>: Apr 18 05:31PM -0400

Folks,
 
The word for Round 3941 is POOLISH. Please send fake defs to emal...@verizon.net <mailto:emallach@verizon.net> and NOT to any other address you may have for me, as I may not see them if you do.
 
If you know the word, please let us know that too.
 
The times for this round may be a bit odd because they have to fit into my travel schedule, including a full day when I'll be en route from Poland to the U.S. The definition phase will end at 7 am Central European Summer Time on Monday, April 20. That's 1 am that day in U.S. EDT, and other times in other places. Sorry for not providing help with other conversions, but it's past my bedtime here and I still have to pack for tomorrow morning.
 
I may not have a chance to send out a progress report midway through, since I'll be en route from Krakow to Warsaw at the time I'd normally do that, so don't count on seeing one. Just get your definitions in.
 
Efrem
Paul Keating <dixo...@boargules.com>: Apr 18 11:41PM +0200

I kinda know that word. I think.
 
 
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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
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Paul Keating <dixo...@boargules.com>: Apr 19 12:02AM +0200

East Anglia. Hist. An old kind of fermented condiment that was probably similar to sauerkraut [ < Polish, from its presumed origin]
 
 
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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
On 2026-04-18 23:31:46, 'Efrem Mallach' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Folks,
 
The word for Round 3941 is POOLISH. Please send fake defs to emal...@verizon.net [mailto:emallach@verizon.net] and NOT to any other address you may have for me, as I may not see them if you do.
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Paul Keating <dixonar...@boargules.com>: Apr 19 12:04AM +0200

Oops.
 
 
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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
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Judy Madnick <jmad...@gmail.com>: Apr 18 06:11PM -0400

Judy
 
John Barrs <jo...@john-barrs.co.uk>: Apr 19 11:39AM +0100

I know this word too
 
*JohnnyB*
 
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 at 22:31, 'Efrem Mallach' via Dixonary <
Efrem Mallach <efrem....@gmail.com>: Apr 18 11:02PM +0200

3 and 11, please.
 
Efrem
 
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Sorry Nancy, I put Judy's name instead of yours. Yes, you should get the accolades!



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