[Fictionary] Re: New Word #2

Hutch hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com
Tue Nov 23 16:43:18 EST 2010


Oops! I forgot to say: Include a usage example (sample sentence) with
your fictionition of HUTCH-CLEADING.

BB,
Hutch

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On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Several people knew (or came very close to) one or the other of my
> first two words:
>
> garner - n. - A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for
> preservation. - v.t. - To store in a granary.
> Webster's 1828 Dictionary
> http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/garner
>
> OAST - n. - a kiln, particularly one used for drying hops; the word
> usually appears in the term "oast-house," a building containing
> several of such kilns. "Oast" is also sometimes used of a kiln for
> drying tobacco.
> 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica
> http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Oast
>
> I got them from the first chapter of _The Return of the King_, where
> Gandalf rides through the fields of Pelennor, surrounding the city of
> Gondor.
>
> So let's try another word ... and another chance to demonstrate my egotism :-D
>
> hutch-cleading
>
> BB,
> Hutch
>
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> Version: 3.1
> GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a+ C+++$ ULAC>$ P L+ !E W++$ N+ o K?
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> DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++>
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>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Hutch <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm more than half expecting people to know these, but it's a try:
>>
>> OAST
>>
>> GARNER
>>
>> If you know either of these two words, please let me know by Friday of
>> this week (11/26). Please submit fictionitions by the end of the
>> month.
>>
>> BB,
>> Hutch
>>
>> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
>> Version: 3.1
>> GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a+ C+++$ ULAC>$ P L+ !E W++$ N+ o K?
>> w++++$ O? M- !V PS+ PE- Y+ PGP- t++ 5? X-- R !tv? b++++>$
>> DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++>
>> ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------


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