[Fictionary] jerque results

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Greetings Fictioneers!

The real def was "to search (usu. a ship) for contraband". The winner 
is Pierre with his alternating stripes and spots. Go for it, sir!

General comments:

Jim: Overall I like this array of definitions!  Yes, I got suckered 
in by the 'herky-jerky' defs.

Elliott: Lacking any spontaneous basis for making a decision on this 
batch, I have to manufacture one.  How about diversity?  I'll give 
priority to defs that are not about visual patterns and that don't 
transparently involve things whose names sound like ``jerk''.

Eric: No verbs?


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Dictionary:
jerque, v. To search (usu. a ship) for contraband.

Three points: Ranjit (1), David R. (2).

Ranjit: one point for daring to verb

J-J Cote: This one gets admiration and honorable mention, because I'm 
out of points.

Elliott: I suppose you would jerque a barque with letters of marque.


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Pierre:
jerque, adj. Having a pattern of alternating stripes and rows of spots.

Seven points: 1 David R., 1 Nick, 2 Jim, 1 Fran, 2 J-J Cote. Plus 1 
for correct choice, 8 points total.

Jim: 2 points for being an adjective.

Fran: I almost thought I wrote this one, until I kept reading and 
found the one I actually wrote.

J-J Cote: I suppose dressing in this might make you look like a jerk, 
but this one seems more original than the others.  Two points.

Elliott: Visual pattern def #1.


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Fran:
jerque, n. A sticky residue left by hops vines due to excessive 
lupulin production.

Five points: 1 J-J, 2 Pierre, 2 Elliott.

J-J Cote: Also original, one point.

Elliott: Excessive relative to what?  Normative hops vines, I 
suppose.  Never heard of lupulin, but there are lots of things I've 
never heard of.  Two points.


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Jean-Joseph:
jerque, n. A chicken's foot used as a voodoo talisman.

Two points (Linda).

J-J Cote: I read through these and had no idea which one was mine, 
and had to look in my Sent folder to find out.  I think I'm losing it.

Elliott: JERK chicken.


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Linda:
jerque, n. A kind of wild game jerky produced and used in the wilds of Canada.

Elliott: JERKY.


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Elliott:
jerque, n. The cosmetic use of snails to trace a silvery network on the skin.

Five points: 2 Ranjit, 1 Linda, 2 Fran

Ranjit: Two points for disturbed genius!

Jim: Thank you, Elliott!

Elliott: Visual pattern def #2. [Editor: Elliott, this is *your* def. 
You did know that, right?]

J-J Cote: Eww.

Pierre: Are the snails flightless?


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Hutch:
jerque, n. Something wildly out of place, something that does not fit 
in with its neighbors or companions.

Three points: 2 Nick, 1 Elliott.

Elliott: Exactly the kind of definition I'm looking for:  the one 
most wildly out of place.  This might be it.  One point.


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Ranjit:
jerque, n. An unsatisfying substitute or replacement -- from Jerque, 
a trademarked brand of smoked dried soy protein (no longer 
manufactured).

No points, but one point for choosing the correct def.

Jim: Funny, but I find it implausible that it would've made the leap 
to lowercase adjective this quickly.

Linda: Honorable Mention to the erzatz jerky.

J-J Cote: Tofu jerky, yum.  Hard to imagine it would have lasted long 
enough to give rise to a word.

Elliott: JERKY.


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Nick:
jerque, n. On banknotes, the patterned background printed as an 
anti-counterfeit measure.

One point (Jim).

J-J Cote: I used to be interested in this stuff enough that I 
probably would have encountered this word.

Elliott: Visual pattern def #3.


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David R:
One point for the correct choice.


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