3460 PUR-CHOP Results

[Paul Keating]

According to the OED’s best guess, a pur-chop is the truncheon often depicted in the hand of the jack on a playing card. It is known from a single use by playwright Ben Jonson (1572–1637). It is in a script for a masque (a stage entertainment which I think we would call a series of comic sketches) involving characters dressed up as playing-cards.

The word pur is a name for the jack in a Tudor betting game called post and pair, a simplified form of which survives today as 3-card brag. Or so it is said by historians of card games. Shani was the only player to pick the card, and that put her score into top spot with 4+2=6*. Runners-up were Dave Cunningham and Mike Shefler, tied with a natural 4 each.

1	Indian English. A step in CTC tea production, between withering and oxidation, in which dried leaves are passed through rollers with sharp teeth to cut them for use in tea bags.
	Votes from Dave Cunningham, Debbie Embler, Mike Shefler
	Submitted by: Efrem Mallach, who voted for 6, 8. Score: 3.
2	A type of order used by traders to limit their loss or lock in a profit on an existing position in the stock market.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Debbie Embler, who voted for 1, 5.
3	Scot. To distort one’s mouth, often for the purpose of provoking another.
	Votes from Tony Abell, Tim Lodge, Judy Madnick, Mike Shefler
	Submitted by: Shani Naylor, who voted for 10, 12. Score: 4+2=6*.
4	Trademark. A butcher’s gadget for slicing ham and other cured meats.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Tim Lodge, who voted for 3, 11.
5	Obs. Lamb-chop cooked in lark-tongue sauce.
	Vote from Debbie Embler
	Submitted by: Johnny Barrs, who voted for 6, 12. Score: 1.
6	A Thai fish sauce.
	Votes from Johnny Barrs, Glenn Davis, Efrem Mallach, Nancy Shepherdson
	Submitted by: Dave Cunningham, who voted for 1, 7. Score: 4.
7	A constable.
	Votes from Dave Cunningham, Glenn Davis
	Submitted by: Tony Abell, who did not vote. Score: 2.
8	A hiccough [Malay pidgin].
	Votes from Tony Abell, Judy Madnick, Efrem Mallach, Nancy Shepherdson
	Submitted by: Mike Shefler, who voted for 1, 3. Score: 4.
9	An extra-large coal scuttle for industrial use. (Obs.)
	No votes
	Submitted by: Nancy Shepherdson, who voted for 6, 8.
10	The truncheon often depicted in the hand of the jack on a playing card.
	Vote from Shani Naylor
	Real Definition. Score: D1.
11	A game where an inflated bag is hit with the hand to keep it aloft across a table.
	Vote from Tim Lodge
	Submitted by: Judy Madnick, who voted for 3, 8. Score: 1.
12	The practice by retailers of drastically cutting the price of an item shortly after a sale so as to clear inventory [from purchase-chop]
	Votes from Johnny Barrs, Shani Naylor
	Submitted by: Glenn Davis, who voted for 6, 7. Score: 2.

Def no	Player	Voted for	Votes from	Score from votes	Correct guess	Total
3	Naylor	10, 12	Abell, Lodge, Madnick, Shefler	4	2	6
6	Cunningham	1, 7	Barrs, Davis, Mallach, Shepherdson	4		4
8	Shefler	1, 3	Abell, Madnick, Mallach, Shepherdson	4		4
1	Mallach	6, 8	Cunningham, Embler, Shefler	3		3
12	Davis	6, 7	Barrs, Naylor	2		2
7	Abell	3, 8	Cunningham, Davis	2		2
5	Barrs	6, 12	Embler	1		1
11	Madnick	3, 8	Lodge	1		1
2	Embler	1, 5				0
4	Lodge	3, 11				0
9	Shepherdson	6, 8				0

[Tony Abell]

On 2024-06-28 at 11:45 Paul Keating wrote:

> 7 A constable.

> Votes from Dave Cunningham, Glenn Davis

> Submitted by: Tony Abell, who did not vote. Score: 2.

I did too vote, for 3 and 8. And I believe it was before 17:30 CEST.

[Paul Keating]

Yes, Tony, you are quite right. My bad: the comments in the list of definitions were one step behind the true state of affairs; but the true state of affairs did appear very clearly in the scoring table at the end of my post:

And Mike was not misled: his rolling scores report reflects both the points you earned and the points you awarded.

                      5-Round 4-Rnd  Round    Round    Round    Round    Round
 Player                 TOTAL         3456     3457     3458     3459     3460
 -------------------  -------      -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
 Shefler, M..............  12   9     3*       2                 3        4
 Naylor, S...............  11  11     0        0        3*       2*       6*
 Abell, T................   6   6     0        0        4        0        2

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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

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