hunger-evil -- results

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hunger-evil, n. A disease, resembling epilepsy, marked by bulimia in
     the horse.

-- Stedman's Medical Dictionary, Ninth, Revised Edition, Illustrated. 1926.

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That got three points from each of Pierre and Nick.

The big winner this round is . . . ski polish!  Take it away, David Randall!

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hunger-evil, n. (Michigan dialect, fr. Finnish hangaevi) Ski polish.
     By David Randall
     11 points -- 1 Judith 3 Fran 3 Elliott 3 Jean-Joseph 1 Ranjit


hunger-evil, n. A style of molded glass lampshades originally
     manufactured by the Hunger-Evil Glass Company of Ohio.
     By Ranjit
     9 points -- 1 Fran 1 Linda 3 Nora 3 Hutch 1 Pierre


hunger-evil, n. An ancient Assyrian official whose duty it was to
     guide the blind.
     By Pierre
     7 points -- 3 Judith 1 Jean-Joseph 3 correct vote


hunger-evil, n. A rocking chair with transverse rockers, patented in
     1924 by Capt. Sherwood Hunger and Adm. Lyman Evil (U.S. Navy,
     ret'd.).
     By Elliott
     3 points -- Linda


hunger-evil, n. An anthropomorphic act attributed to species such as
     piranhas, pit-bulls, wolves, sharks, wolverines, crocodiles,
     etc., mostly with big teeth, and imagined glowing eyes, in which
     their methods of satisfying their hunger appear to be especially
     nasty or bloody, giving the impression of demonic powers. This
     phenomenon is employed to great advantage especially by writers
     of horror stories or "true" adventure comic books.
     By Linda
     3 points -- Ranjit


hunger-evil, n. The cruel nature inherent to all food service
     employees, particularly "lunch ladies", when it comes to
     portions.
     By Nick
     3 points -- correct vote


hunger-evil, n. Chaos.
     By Fran
     2 points -- 1 Nora 1 Nick


hunger-evil, adj. Patriotic. From the Magyar "Avil", meaning "to
     love"; the phrase meant "love of the (Hungarian) country", but
     has been misspelled as it drifted from Finno-Ugric into
     Indo-European languages.
     By Judith
     1 point -- Hutch


hunger-evil, n. A collection of felt huts of the style commonly
     built in the western districts.
     By Jean-Joseph
     1 point -- Elliott


hunger-evil, n. [Polyn. pidgin] cannibalism.
     By Hutch
     No points


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