Dandy Roll Results, but not final

[lindafowens]

DANDY ROLL RESULTS!

As often happens, the Dictionary won!  The next Defmeister will be announced as soon as I hear from Pierre, as I still have to hear from him to clarify his ballot in order to break the tie for 2nd Place.  Complete results will appear ASAP.  I apologize for tardiness, as I have had a wonderful houseful of family for a few weeks, and I’m not only way behind in my other responsibilities, but I am pooped as well!  Linda  PS Had nice email exchanges with Hutch about Danites and Mormons, and with Judith about exhaustion and “eustress”.  Welcome, Nathaniel!

1)dandy roll, n.  A decorative filigree of intersecting squares or rectangles.  Fr. dents du roi, king’s teeth  By Ranjit, 3 points  (2 points Nathaniel, 1 point Judith)

            Nicolas:  I know we butcher French, but are we really that bad?

            J-J:  Too similar to dandelion

Hutch:  The derivation is quite evil! However, I can’t quite believe in a sound change from “dents du” to “dandy”, but a spelling change from “roi” [wa] to “roll”. “dandy wall” or something similar.

Nathaniel: strong vote.

2) dandy roll, n. A stunt maneuver in which the pilot does a half-loop and a half-roll, resulting in a vertical u-turn. Like many stunts, it was pioneered by Adolph Pegoud  (1889-1913), but has been the “dandy roll” in the US since American stunt pilots, returning home from WWI explained it to each other as having been developed by a “French dandy”.   By Fran, 3 points or 5, if Pierre’s vote was for her def.  (2 points, David R, plus 1 point correct guess, with possible 2 points from PA). Fran hopes she won’t win, as she will be away for a while.

            A number of folks identified this as an Immelmann turn, after the German ace Max Immelmann  (1890-1916).

3) dandy roll, n.  A roll of fabric decorated with lace, used as a decoration on dresses.  Pierre, 0 votes.  Or a possible correct guess?????

            J-J: If I had any points left, I would have voted for this.

4) dandy roll, n.  (slang)  An excessively elegant piece of luggage, used by young men in the early 19th Century.  By Judith, 2 points  (Correct guess).

            Hutch: Since I created a piece of luggage, I’m not voting for anyone else’s.

5) dandy roll, n.  A hobo’s bedroll, esp. the contents of the bedroll.  By Hutch, 5 points  (David R-1 point, Nathaniel, 1 point, Nicolas, 2 points, correct guess, 1 point.)

            Nicolas:  Hobo slang must be real, right?

            J-J:  Two very similar thoughts there, and along the lines of my cowboy bed.

            Nathaniel, weak vote.

6) dandy roll, n. A pickpocket who specializes in robbing wealthy, drunken youths.  By David R, 0 points.

            J-J:  This would more likely be a “dandy-Roller” if it were real, I think.

            Hutch:  Wouldn’t  that be all pickpockets?

7) dandy roll, n. Columnar formation typical of a hypermafic lava extrusion.  By Eric, 6 or 7 points.  (Ranjit, 1 point, Hutch, 2 points, Jean-Joseph, 1 point, possibly Pierre, 1 point.

            Nicolas: Don’t forget to reverse the polarity.

            J-J: 1 point for the lava.

            Hutch: Because there’s nothing else I can believe in, 2 points.

8) dandy roll, n.  In papermaking, a cylinder that puts on the watermark. Also, dandy-roll, dandy roller.  By Webster’s New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language unabridged Second Edition, 1976—9 points  (1 point Fran, 2 Points, Eric, 2 points, Judith, 1 point Hutch, 2 points, Jean-Joseph, 1 point Nicolas.)(Actually, the hyphen is in the first spelling, but I did not notice it until the ballot was sent, alas.  Also, preferred it without.)  Linda

Hutch: least unbelievable of the ones that are left: 1 point.

Nicolas: 1 point for a nice clean technical definition.

Eric: Two points for the “Also dandy-roll, dandy roller” part.

9) dandy roll, n. (Cowboy slang)  A bed, esp. one located in a hotel or brothel.  By Jean-Joseph, 6 points.  (1 point, Ranjit, 2 points, Fran, 1 point, Eric, 2 points, correct guess.) 

            Eric, one point for funniness.

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            I am assuming that Pierre voted 2 points for plausibility to #2, as a vote for #3 would be for his own def, thus eliminating him.  Likewise, I’m betting that Pierre voted one point for the “Italian felsia”, whatever that is, that might point to # 7 and give Eric the edge over Jean-Joseph, 7 points to 6, instead of a correct guess.  Hope to discover soon.  Linda  PS  Will also send with final results the many definitions of daisy cutter since my old dictionary was printed.
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