Round 3588: Call to vote for PIGSNEY

[Tim Bourne]

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* PIGSNEY *
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Here are 13 wonderful and varied definitions of this word. Please vote for two of them, by public
message to this group, before the deadline, which is 9 pm BST (2000 UTC) on Monday 13th October. My
computer says that is 4 pm in New York, 1 pm in Los Angeles, 10 am in Paris, and 9 am the next day
in Wellington, New Zealand.

Full rules, if you're curious, are at www.dixonary.net.

1 [Lanc.] A lout; a dull fellow.

2 [Historical] A particularly choice cut of bacon, specifically the crispy end pieces considered a
delicacy among medieval soldiers and often used as currency or traded goods during military
campaigns. [< ME pig + sney, from Old Norse sneiðr 'a cut, slice,'. The term gained prominence
following the Battle of the Herrings (1429), where English supply wagons carrying pigsneys were
attacked by French forces, leading to fierce combat over the bacon reserves.]

3 A counterfeit coin, esp. one made of base metal.

4 An animated film of low artistic or technical quality.

5 A looped flourish in ornamental script.

6 The natural habitat of a wild swine.

7 A handheld motor-powered grinding disc; angle grinder.

8 [piga, Sax. a girl] A word of endearment to a girl.

9 A mistake or error.

10 In English public schools, a derogatory term for an incompetent instructor.

11 A man's wide-brimmed flat hat often made of felt.

12 [Tiddlywinks] When a wink is in a position too close to the pot to be easily potted.

13 A children's word for picnic.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Paul Keating]

The duffer and the dud. 1 & 3 for me.

P

[John Barrs]

#4 and #8 for me please

JohnnyB

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[Chowie]

3 and 5 please

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[Judy Madnick]

2 because it seems ridiculous and

7...just because.

 

Judy Madnick

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go for 3 and 8.

--Mike

[Daniel B. Widdis]

3 because people are supposed to believe it and 8 because I believe it. 

On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM 'France International/Mike Shefler' via Dixonary <dixo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I'll go for 3 and 8.

--Mike

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[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 1 and 11.

-- Eric

[nancygoat]

1 and 10 for me.

Nancy

[Tim Lodge]

3 and 8.

            3 A counterfeit coin, esp. one made of base metal.

            8 [piga, Sax. a girl] A word of endearment to a girl.

-- Tim L

[Tony Abell]

I'll take 4 and 8:

> 4 An animated film of low artistic or technical quality.

[Glenn Thomas Davis]

I'll try 5 and 11.

—Glenn

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

—Plutarch

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[Shani Naylor]

I'll vote 8 & 11

8       [piga, Sax. a girl] A word of endearment to a girl.

11      A man's wide-brimmed flat hat often made of felt.

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[Efrem Mallach]

Eliminating everything related to pigs or knees wasn't nearly as helpful as I had hoped. Of the many that remained, I'll try 5 and 12.

Efrem

> On Oct 12, 2025, at 3:52 AM, Tim Bourne <timbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *************
> * *
> * PIGSNEY *
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> *************
>
> Here are 13 wonderful and varied definitions of this word. Please vote for two of them, by public message to this group, before the deadline, which is 9 pm BST (2000 UTC) on Monday 13th October. My computer says that is 4 pm in New York, 1 pm in Los Angeles, 10 am in Paris, and 9 am the next day in Wellington, New Zealand.
>
> Full rules, if you're curious, are at www.dixonary.net.
>
>

> 5 A looped flourish in ornamental script.
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>