[Fictionary] TROFFER reminder

[J-J Cote]

In case anyone hasn't been paying attention, tomorrow is Flag Eve, and 
thus the last day to send in your votes if you haven't already!

Jean-Joseph
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troffer - n. - (antebellum American slang) - advertising space in a 
newspaper offered at a discount to the political party which the editor 
supports.

troffer - n. - from "trough". In industrial food processing, a machine 
that diverts byproducts that are suitable only for non-human consumption.

troffer - n. - 1) One who limps.  2) One who limps for effect or feigns 
another disability.

troffer - v. - When an elephant, rhinoceros, or other large lumbering 
animal plays with a rubber ball, many zoo staffers call it 
"troffering".  The word seems to have originated in the western U.S. in 
the 1970s, and is now heard in most North American zoos.  Its origin is 
unknown, though the the Denver Zoo and Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo each 
claim it for themselves.

troffer - n. - A decorative molding situated several inches below the 
crown molding. Also, any wall molding used to suspend pictures.

troffer - n. - (obs.) The lever mechanism on a "Noiseless" typewriter 
(patented by W. P. Kidder in 1914 and marketed from 1917 until the late 
1930's) that decelerates the typebar before impacting the ribbon and paper.

troffer - n. - 1. One who adjusts the spacing of lines of type after 
they have been laid roughly. 2. One who arranges hors d'oeuvre at a 
wayzgoose.

troffer - n. - A lugubrious mendicant : beggar.

troffer - n. - Woad remover.

troffer - n. - An inverted, usually metal trough suspended from a 
ceiling as a fixture for fluorescent lighting tubes.