[Fictionary] travisher results

[fictioneric at cluemail.com]

It's a runaway win for Linda, and her twisted-branch walking stick!

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Real def is "a convex spokeshave used to shape the buttock hollows in 
the seat of a wooden chair." The wording is mine, since I couldn't 
find it in a dictionary, but here's one description, with pictures,
    http://toolmonger.com/2010/07/16/the-chairmakers-travisher/
of the travisher (and the scorp).

Using the word "buttock" in my wording seems to have garnered the 
real def a few extra points. Next time: no buttocks.

1 Linda, 1 Judith, 2 Pierre, 2 Nora, 1 Elliott.

Linda: "and one point for the seat maker for using words like 
'spokeshave' and 'buttock hollows."

Judith: "1 point, because I like the idea."

Nora: "2 votes! buttocks definitions win in my book!"

Elliott "How *do* they do that, anyway?  One point."

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Nick:
travisher, n.  1. One who exaggerates or invents facts.  2. A "yellow
     journalist".  Am. Eng. ca. 1897.

1 Jim, 1 total.

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David:
travisher, n. (Australian dial.) Roadkill.

1 Nora, 1 total.

Nora: "1 vote. I guess dead animals are second to butts in my scheme 
of things!"

Jean-Joseph: "Too soon for more Strine."
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Ranjit:
travisher, n.  A pressure-sealed margin on a paper or plastic package.
     Named for Jessup K. Travisher (1910-1977), the manufacturing
     engineer who pioneered the process at Domino Sugar Co., New York.

2 David, 2 Linda, 4 total

David: "2 points, and admiration."

Hutch: "Boring! Even if it's real it shouldn't be."

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Hutch:
travisher, n.  One who lies by telling an incomplete truth; more
     generally, a highly convincing liar.

2 Ranjit, 2 total.

Ranjit: "2 points for self-reference (and if i'm wrong, i get 2 points!)"

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Jean-Joseph:
travisher, n.  A counterfeiter who hand-paints currency, stamps, etc.

1 Pierre, 1 total.

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Pierre:
travisher, n.  A farmer who sells young birds for other farmers to raise
     to maturity.

2 Jim, 1 Hutch, 1 Jean-Joseph, 2 for correct choice, 6 total.

Jean-Joseph: "My girlfriend likes this better than the spokeshave, so 
it gets one point."

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Linda:
travisher, n.  A cane or walking stick made from a "snake", or ingrown
     set of twisted branches or vines.  Made popular by Sir William
     Travisher (1813-1888) of Kent, England.

2 Hutch, 2 Jean-Joseph, 2 Judith, 2 Elliott, 1 David, 1 Ranjit, 1 for 
correct choice, 11 total.

Hutch: "I'm still doubtful, but I DO like it: 2 points"

Jean-Joseph: "Sounds just fine, two points."

Judith: "2 points, because I owned one of those in my youth, but I 
didn't have a special name for it."

Ranjit: "1 point for eponymy"

Elliott: "I like it!  Two points."

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Over to you, Linda.

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