Round 3179 results

[Mike Shefler]

Here we go again with the back-and forth. Tim Lodge is the next dealer with 6 points. Seven of you guessed the correct def!!

1.  the spart; also called povie herring.

  Submitter: Shepherdson              Votes: *8* & 11     2 + 2 =   4

  Voted for by: Amallach; Keating

2.  [Scouse] a beggar; a vagrant.

  Submitter: Amallach                 Votes: 1 & *8*      2 + 4 =   6

  Voted for by: Naylor; Widdis; Embler; Fein

3.  [Scot.] a punch in the face.

  Submitter: Lodge                    Votes: *8* & 11     2 + 4 =   6

  Voted for by: Cunningham; Barrs; Madnick; Abell

4.  [Quebec] a toast “pour vie”. (“For life”)

  Submitter: Cunningham               Votes: 3 & 11       0 + 1 =   1

  Voted for by: Bourne

5.  a short tunic with baggy knickerbockers worn by girls for athletic

activities in the 1880s [introduced by social reformer Netty Povie            

(1848-1934) as part of the rational dress movement]                           

  Submitter: Naylor                   Votes: 2 & 6        0 + 1 =   1

  Voted for by: Widdis

6.  style of filmmaking in which most scenes are shot from the

perspective of the main character, and the audience sees only what            

the character sees.                                                           

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

  Voted for by: Naylor; Keating; Emallach; Bourne; Abell

7.  a derogatory term for a 'gay' movie.

  Submitter: Barrs                    Votes: 3 & *8*      2 + 0 =   2

  Voted for by:                                                          

8.  [Scot.] snug; comfortable; well-off.

  Submitter: Dictionary                Vote: N/A                   D7

  Voted for by: Shepherdson; Amallach; Lodge; Barrs; Madnick; Embler;    

                Fein

9.  a polymer used as a vehicle for a drug, especially iodine.

  Submitter: Madnick                  Votes: 3 & *8*      2 + 0 =   2

  Voted for by:                                                          

10.  a pet name or term of endearment.

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

  Voted for by:                                                          

11.  [Scottish and English regional (north-eastern)] 1. n. a look; a peep.

2. v. transitive. to see (a person or thing); to look at, observe.            

Also intransitive: to look, peep.                                             

  Submitter: Keating                  Votes: 1 & 6        0 + 4 =   4

  Voted for by: Shepherdson; Lodge; Cunningham; Emallach

     No def: Emallach                 Votes: 6 & 11       0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Bourne                   Votes: 4 & 6        0 + 0 =   0

     No def: Fein                     Votes: 2 & *8*      2 + 0 =   2

     No def: Abell                    Votes: 3 & 6        0 + 0 =   0

[Tim Lodge]

Well, I certainly didn't see that coming! New word coming up once the italy v Spain match is over.

-- Tim L

[Daniel B Widdis]

I did see it coming for me and am glad I guessed wrong.  

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On Jul 6, 2021, at 1:45 PM, Tim Lodge <d...@timlodge.co.uk> wrote:



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