[Fictionary] mooncusser ballot

[E Cohen]

The usual two- and one-point votes. Our usual variety in the 
definitions, except that we all seem certain that it's a noun.

Let's say votes due in a week, the night of Monday, 21 February.

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mooncusser, n. A monk who comforts the dying. (Hobson-jobson derivation 
from "moine qu'assure")

mooncusser, n. A land-based pirate who, by destroying lighthouses and 
lighting decoy signals -- often a lamp atop a pole, fastened to a horse 
and led along the coast -- lured ships to wreck for easy plunder.

mooncusser, n. - a hallucinogenic species of gooseberry found in 
Argentina and Chile.

mooncusser, n. A blend of tea originally packaged in Mankachar, Assam.

mooncusser, n. (Kabyle munqasr) A North African bird, Threskiornis redibis.

mooncusser, n. A style of mournful Appalachian ballad, typified by "The 
mooncusser".

mooncusser, n. [More commonly, mooncutter.] A modification of the cutter 
rig with two masts. The mizzen would commonly be rigged with a course, 
and a gaff or lug sail.

mooncusser, n. A silver ritual knife shaped like the crescent moon.

mooncusser, n. A drunken complaint made on the way home from the 
pub/saloon/bar, blaming anyone but the drunk person.

mooncusser, n. 1. The cigarette rolled from the last dregs remaining in 
a tobacco pouch. 2. A work composed discernibly after its author's heyday.

mooncusser, n. A scythe-like tool used for harvesting barley and other 
cereals.


-- Eric   |   @GoudyBoldItalic