RD. 3646: Time to vote for distelfink

[nancygoat]

Many and varied are the definitions for distelfink. Please choose your 2 favorites by approximately 32 hours from now: 8pm CDT Thursday May 7 or 1am GMT Friday May 8. The timing will be weird because I am a judge of a "civics bee" for middle schoolers Thursday evening and the proper timing would be right in the middle of judging. I'll post results after I get home.

So, vote! (Closing early is a possibility if all have voted.)

Nancy

Distelfink:

1. Novel; thought-provoking.

2. Common name for any of several birds of the New World sparrow family (Passerellidae) that have red or russet plumage [ < Dutch distelvink, ‘finch’]

3. a gold finch [goldfinches feed on thistle seeds - hence the name of thistle finch]

4. A small scrap of browned onion left in a hot pan.

5. A surveillance operation conducted via wiretap.

6. A stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art

7. an automatic brake on a windmill that is engaged when winds exceed a set limit.

8. [obs] A common law doctrine that transfers the real property of a person who has died without heirs to the crown or state.

9. A New Zealand lizard which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards.

10. a compressed deep-bodied percoid food and sport fish (Dichistius capensis) common in shallow water and surf along the coasts of southern Africa.

11. The semicolon.

12. A small handmade toy, typically fashioned from scraps or natural materials.

(Good luck to us all!)

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 2 and 11.

Eric

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'm going to go with the birds, 2 and 3.

--Mike

[Judy Madnick]

 No idea. I'll guess these: 11 and 12 because I read down that far. <G>

 

Judy Madnick

[Shani Naylor]

I'll go for the short defs: 1 & 11.

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[John Barrs]

#4 and #6 please, JohnnnyB

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Nancy!

My votes are for the finches, 2 and 3.

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 6-5-2026 om 19:53 schreef nancygoat:

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[Efrem Mallach]

Confirming my earlier DQ.

Efrem

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[Tim Bourne]

3 and 6, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Chowie]

Nancy, you acknowledged my definition but I don't see it. Unless I'm having flash amnesia. ???

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[Chowie]

And frankly, I don't see any that convince me. I'll throw votes without any hope at 5 and 11. 

On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM nancygoat <nanc...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Tim Lodge]

I'll go for the finches, 2 and 3, please.

             2. Common name for any of several birds of the New World sparrow family (Passerellidae) that have red or russet plumage [<Dutch distelvink, ‘finch’]

             3. a gold finch [goldfinches feed on thistle seeds - hence the name of thistle finch]

-- Tim L

[Paul Keating]

I reckon it’s a half-crown: I vote for 2 and 6.

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Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[nancygoat]

Sorry, Debbie, I screwed up and didn't post it in my haste to get to an appointment. I have already awarded you two dealer points.

Nancy

[Daniel B. Widdis]

Goldfinch and Semicolon have both figured in my AI interactions today for various reasons wholly unrelated to this game.

But the authors of 3 and 11 get serendipitous votes.

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