[Fictionary] Cruque Ballot

[Nicolas Ward]

Your absentee ballot for cruque is in the mail! The usual 2 point/1 point rule applies. Send in your votes and we'll find out which French egg and cheese cooking game prevails.

--Nick

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cruque, n. An open, treeless park or portion of a park; a mall; a games pitch or fieldcruque, n. An open, treeless park or portion of a park; a mall; a games pitch or field.

cruque, n. The top crust of a French-Canadian meat pie if it is brushed with beaten egg and water to give it an improved texture and glossy finish.

cruque, v. To exhibit unsportsmanlike behavior; esp. to leave the playing field in anger before the end of the match. Used in badminton and lawn bowling, and less commonly in curling.

cruque, n. (Jersey dialect) 1. Shell of an egg. 2. Hull of a ship.

cruque, n. 1. Establishment of a new pecking order when two chicken coops are merged into one. 2. A loop in the pecking order which sometimes arises during this process.

cruque, n. A rack for holding flatirons over a hearth.

cruque, n. (fr. Occitan) Chamois cheese.

cruque, n. 1. A French game similar to hackeysack. 2. The bran-filled leather ball used in this game.

cruque, n. A baked puree of meat or fish.
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