3664 🗳️ BROWN JOLLY

[dixo...@boargules.com]

There are thirteen BROWN JOLLY definitions to choose from.

Please reply with votes for exactly two, which you should do by Monday 13 July at 22:00 CEST . That is forty-seven hours from time of posting, and ⏱️ hours from the time you read this. Early closing will apply as usual.

1.	A common name for the dermestid beetle, also known as the flesh-eating beetle.
2.	A small workboat used for carrying cargo between ship and shore.
3.	A lace-like candy made by pouring hot treacle over fresh snow using a back and forth motion.
4.	A heritage tomato cultivar with a red-brown skin.
5.	A British pub game played by two teams; while one team dances in a circle a player from the other team attempts to hit them by throwing a beer-soaked cloth (also called the brown jolly).
6.	The fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena.
7.	A donkey cart for hire [British troops’ corruption of the Urdu word barunjali].
8.	A single square from a moulded chocolate bar.
9.	A low, bulbous seed capsule found on certain marsh plants and noted for its dark husk and buoyant interior.
10.	18c naval slang. Oakum; loose, tar-soaked hemp or jute fiber used to caulk wooden ships and pack joints.
11.	Chocolate ice cream with cookie dough and almond flakes, usually served with whipped cream and a splash of Cointreau.
12.	A mission undertaken to gain favor with a superior or other person of influence.
13.	A small gratuity given to an innkeeper or servant for keeping ale, fire, or lodging ready.

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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

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[Tim Bourne]

2 and 7, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[Judy Madnick]

Tomato and eggplant —yum together. So 4 and 6 for me.

 

Judy Madnick

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Original Message

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Date: 7/11/2026 4:00:10 PM

Subject: [Dixonary] 3664 🗳️ BROWN JOLLY

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 4 and 7.

Eric

[Hugo Kornelis]

Tough decisions again. They all seem likely, or delicious, or both.

Let me try my luck with these two:

#4 (the tomato)
#10 (the naval slang that is as old as I am)

Cheers,
Hugo

Op 11-7-2026 om 22:00 schreef dixo...@boargules.com:

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 5 and 10.

--Mike

[Tim Lodge]

4 and 10, please.

4.

A heritage tomato cultivar with a red-brown skin.

10.

18c naval slang. Oakum; loose, tar-soaked hemp or jute fiber used to caulk wooden and pick joints.

-- Tim L 

[Chowie]

3 and 7 please

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