[Fictionary] FADGE results

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

The clear winner this round is Liz's bent rod for thatching, with 10
points! Congratulations, Liz!

2nd place goes to Fran's object collectors / object collection (and guess
what t-shirt I am wearing right now:
https://objectcollection.bandcamp.com/merch/oc-tiger-shirt)

The real definition, from Merriam-Webster online, was the bread / bundle /
package of wool <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fadge>!

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fadge - n. (Cumberland dialect)  - a charm to protect against black magic,
containing deer fat and rabbit droppings.
Definition made with this quotation in mind:

*Fadges? Fadges? We don't need no stinkin' fadges!**- David: 1 point*
1 point from Jim


fadge (n., chiefly British) - a consolation prize
*- Joe: 4 points*
1 point from Linda
1 point from Eric
1 point from Ziv, as a consolation prize
1 point from Fran


fadge (n.) a digger of holes, primarily one whose trade was digging pits
for latrines and other disposal of waste.
*- Ziv*


fadge
(n) 1. (chiefly Scottish) a round thick loaf of bread; (chiefly Irish)
potato cake or bread
     2. a bundle
     3. (Australia) an irregular package of wool weighing from 60 to 150
pounds

*- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fadge
<https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fadge>: 2 points*2 points from
Eric


fadge, n. Any of several species of butwin found in Lancashire.

*- Pierre*

fadge (noun); bent rod, pointed at both ends, used by thatchers to secure
bundled straw.

*- Liz: 10 points*2 points from Linda
2 points from David
2 points from Joe
2 points from Fran
2 points from Jean-Joseph


fadge, n. Period of mental relaxation or indolence. "After Turing's latest
push at the National Physical Laboratory, a week's biking around the Lake
District was just the fadge he needed."

*- Eric: 3 points + 2 for correct guess = 5*2 points from Jim
1 point from Hutch


fadge
1. v. to gather or to collect random objects
2. n. a collection of dissimilar items

*- Fran: 7 points*2 points from Ziv
2 points from Liz
1 point from Pierre
1 point from Joe
1 point from Jean-Joseph


fadge, v. To misdeliver or incorrectly return a mailpiece.

*- Nicolas: 2 points*2 points from Hutch


fadge - v. - To prepare perishable food items for railroad transport.

*- Jean-Joseph*

fadge, v. to put forth an argument that you only hope will win, but
probably will not.

*- Linda: 4 points*1 point from David
1 point from Liz
2 points from Pierre
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