Round 3649 BEGLERBEG

[Tim Lodge]

I'd been saving up BEGLERBEG  (the Ottoman provincial governor , #6) for some time, but in the event it didn't do as well as I'd hoped, scoring me a D7.  Maybe it was because quite a few players voted double Turkish (6 & 8, to inclue Efrem's captain of Janisseries).  Efrem got his just deserts and won the next deal with a magnificent 9*.  Paul Keating was the lucky runner-up with 6* for his clever Gaelic homophone which I certainly believed.

--  Tim L

*** BEGLERBEG ***

1.  A left-handed burglar.              
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 1  + *2* + 0  = 3 *
Voted for by: Mike Shefler              

 2.  Casually; as a passing thought.              
Submitter: Tim Bourne Votes: 5 & 9 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

 3.  A charm made from knotted cord.             
Submitter: Eric Boxer Votes: 5 & 9 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

 4.  A request for something undeserved.             
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 1  + *2* + 0  = 3 *
Voted for by: Debbie Embler              

 5.  A narrow reed flute used in folk dances.            
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 2  + *2* + 0  = 4 *
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Eric Boxer             

 6.  A provincial governor in the Ottoman empire.           
Submitter:  Collins Dictionary Votes: - & - Score: 7  + 0 + 0  = D7  
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Tony Abell, Judy Madnick, Efrem Mallach, Paul Keating, Dan Widdis, Johnny Barrs

 7.  Deep-fried Filipino egg rolls, which are typically filled with ground pork, minced carrots, onions, garlic, and spices.
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 4 & 9 Score: 1  + 0 + 0  = 1  
Voted for by: Mike Shefler              

 8.  A vice captain or acting captain of Janissaries.           
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 6 & 12 Score: 7  + *2* + 0  = 9 *
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Tony Abell, Judy Madnick, Paul Keating, Dan Widdis, Nancy Shepherdson, Johnny Barrs

 9.  Scot. Little by little [ < Sc. Gaelic beag air bheag]           
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 4  + *2* + 0  = 6 *
Voted for by: Tim Bourne, Eric Boxer, Debbie Embler, Nancy Shepherdson      

10.  A decree issued in duplicate under separate authorities.         
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 0  + *2* + 0  = 2 *
Voted for by: Nobody               

11.  Deep-fried Filipino egg rolls, which are typically filled with ground pork, minced carrots, onions, garlic, and spices.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 8 & 9 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

12.  Used by Jeeves (a fictional character created by P.G. Wodehouse) to describe a lower-class butler who steals from his employer  
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 6 & 8 Score: 1  + *2* + 0  = 3 *
Voted for by: Efrem Mallach              

13.  A highly specialized, semi-retired breed of herding dog native to the Scottish Highlands, larger than a border collie and with thicker fur.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 1 & 7 Score: 0  + 0 + 0  = 0  
Voted for by: Nobody               

 

[Paul Keating]

The phrase beag air bheag is genuine Scots Gaelic, and has a parallel in Irish. And it really does mean ‘little by little’. That much can be believed. But it’s pronounced [bek εr vek] and so does not much resemble The Word, and there is no evidence I that can find to suggest that it was ever used in English. 

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

On 2026-05-18 14:16:47, 'Tim Lodge' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Paul Keating was the lucky runner-up with 6* for his clever Gaelic homophone which I certainly believed.

[Chowie]

11 and 7 are in error. I did not write the egg definition. And now I'm noticing that my own definition is not there, unless I am still groggy. 

~Bending under the weight of His mercies~

"Life is short, God is real, Heaven is coming." 

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[Efrem Mallach]

Thanks, Tim. It sounded Turkish to me, so I went with that in my def and followed the same line of reasoning with a vote. New word in due course.

Re #13, the herding dog: This is Laddie, my lady love's English Shepherd. He's retired from active herding, which he did for several years with her Shetland sheep in western Massachusetts. At 14 years old, he's earned his comfortable retirement. The definition could have been his description! (Despite the breed's name, which it has only had since 2003, it originated in the U.S., mostly from collie ancestors. It's not an AKC breed, which thankfully helps it avoid most of the breeding excesses of some other breeds, but is recognize by the UKC.) 

Efrem

[Judy Madnick]

Judy

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[Tim Lodge]

Debbie

You're right.  Something has gone seriously wrong with the results side of my scoring spreadsheet.  The input side still shows you as having submitted the tomfoolery def but the results side has replaced it with a second copy of the Filipino egg roll def.

I'll sort it out and post a revised version as soon as I can.  I don't think it's going to alter the next dealer.

--  Tim L.

[Paul Keating]

There was a tomfoolery definition at position #7 in the original list. The egg-roll definition was in the original list only once, at #11.

The votes for #7 and #11 are correctly recorded, and I think the authorship is too, unless it turns out that Hugo wrote #7: all of the other players in the last 5 rounds are accounted for.

The text of #7 is clearly incorrect in the final posting, because it does not match the initial announcement.

But correcting that will not change the numbers in the round results.

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

On 2026-05-18 16:15:51, Chowie <chow...@gmail.com> wrote:

11 and 7 are in error. I did not write the egg definition. And now I'm noticing that my own definition is not there, unless I am still groggy. 

[Hugo Kornelis]

It was not me. I have sat out this round.

Op 18-5-2026 om 17:11 schreef Paul Keating:

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