[Fictionary] doosra results

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The final ballot received pushed the soup past the loofah gleanings.  
And everybody got points.  It's all yours, Ranjit!

Jean-Joseph
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Jim: "I like a lot of these definitions; congratulations all around!"
No definition from Jim, but one point for a correct guess.

doosra - n. - Armenian chickpea soup.
from Ranjit.  David 2, Nicolas 2, Elliott 2 = 6 points and victory
Linda: "food.   Judith?"
Elliott: "By far the most plausible of the non-Subcontinental defs."

doosra - n. - 1. An imported plant. 2. A waste of water.
from Nicolas.  Jim 2 = 2 points
Linda: "waste, reminiscent of bagasse-related words"
Jim: "2 points for not having an obviously-subcontinental origin."
Elliott: "I'd want to see a little more etymology before committing to 
this one. "

doosra - n. - [Trinidadian dial.] - Hindu-language reggae.
from David.  Eric 1, Jacob 1 = 2 points
Linda: "do they speak Hindi in Trinidad?"
Eric: "I imagine it would be "Hindi"-language, but it probably exists 
and I like the idea."
Jacob: "one vote and I want to hear some"
Elliott: "First of the Subcontinental defs.  ``sr'' says ``India'' like 
``sch'' says ``Germany''.  I'll seize on it as a reason to eliminate defs."

doosra - n. - The wake left in a crowd by the passage of an elephant.
from Elliott.  Ranjit 1, David 1, Eric 2 = 4 points
Linda: "space and perhaps waste?"
Eric: "After all, if we've had glip (the wake of a whale). . . . "
Jim: "The Elliott-whimsy is strong with this one! But no points."
Elliott: "Second Subcontinental def. "

doosra - n. - [fr. several S. Indian dialects] A menial servant, usually 
initially unskilled, who assists a more skilled servant with household 
tasks.
from Linda.  Nicolas 1 = 1 point
Elliott: "Third Subcontinental def."

doosra - n. - [British Indian slang] A newcomer, a greenhorn. Derived 
from the habit of using cardamom sauce ("doosra") on all foods 
indiscriminately.
from Jacob.  Linda 2 = 2 points
Linda: "Cardamom, yum!"
Jim: "I'd vote for this if the word 'greenhorn' weren't there -- it 
feels too slangy to be in a dictionary definition, even one of a slang 
term."
Elliott: "Fourth Subcontinental def."

doosra - n. - [fr. Turk. djusra, dead] The dirt and dead skin removed by 
the loofah glove (asindirmak) following the warm full body wash in a 
traditional Turkish bath.
from Eric.  Ranjit 2, Linda 1, Jacob 2 = 5 points
Linda: "more waste, but one vote because I love loofahs."
Jacob: "two votes for plausible extra words"
Elliott: "Gross enough to vote for, but I'm not convinced that 
``djusra'' looks Turkish."

doosra - n. - [fr. Ar. /do osrah/, the place of the children of Osrah 
(mythical Arabic city, one of the reputed sites of the Garden of Eden)] 
Fertile land; more generally, land that is not desert.
from Hutch.  Elliott 1 = 1 point
Linda: "honorable mention because I was thinking of the Arabian Nights 
recently."
Elliott: "OK, this is pretty creative and well away from India."

doosra - n. - [fr. Urdu /doosra/, "(the) other (one)"] A particular type 
of delivery by an off-spin bowler in the sport of cricket. The doosra 
spins in the opposite direction to an off break (the off-spinner's 
default delivery), and aims to confuse the batsman into playing a poor shot.
from Wikipedia.  Jim 1 = 1 point
Linda: "Isn't that a googly?" [Well, close, but not exactly. Wikipedia 
further explains, "The doosra is the off-spinner's equivalent of the 
leg-spinner's googly, which spins in the opposite direction to the leg 
spinner's stock ball."]
Elliott: "Fifth Subcontinental def."

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