[Fictionary] CATABIBAZON ballot

[eLLioTT morEton]

Dear Fictionary,

Here are defs from Hutch, Eric, Jean-Joseph, David, Nick, Jim, Linda,
Ranjit, Pierre, and a dictionary.  Usual one- and two-point votes are
due by 9 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, June 1.  Comments, awards,
fabricated quotations, etc. are welcome.

Regards,
Elliott

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catabibazon, n. A short musical quotation from another Broadway
theatrical production.
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catabibazon, n. A translating ear-trumpet, mentioned in Jonathan
Swift’s "A Voyage to Laputa”.
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Catabibazon, n. A Southern Italian street opera featuring various
comic characters and instruments like a hurdy-gurdy.
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Catabibazon, n.  An early online commerce startup focusing on
solutions for messy pets, raised $55 million in two rounds of funding
in 1998 and 1999 but closed abruptly in May of 2000 just months before
a planned IPO.
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catabibazon, n.  In Astronomy, the Moon's descending Node; call'd also
Dragon's Tail.
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catabibazon, n. Suppression of an insurrection by the Byzantine army.
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catabibazon, n. An early style of photograph in which images were made
of disassembled objects at very close range, occasionally touching the
lens.
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catabibazon, n. A drinking party ending in unconsciousness. Coinage
(1655) of John Milton.
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catabibazon - n. - A fire-heated tool for creating waves in hair,
predecessor to the modern curling iron.
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catabibazon - n. - a substance untransmutable by alchemical processes.