[Fictionary] CHALICO ballot

[Ranjit Bhatnagar]

Reminder to get your votes in for chalico by the end of the weekend! I've
received 3 votes so far, and I haven't done the math, but I'm pretty sure
that's not all of you.


On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 12:20 PM Ranjit Bhatnagar <ranjit at moonmilk.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for sending in chalico definitions! Here's the ballot - as is the
> usual practice, please give both a one point vote and a two point vote,
> allocated however you like. I'll tabulate the votes next Monday.
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> chalico, n. 1. A beardless youth. 2. An incompetent worker.
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> chalico - n. - a channel connecting two bodies of water that is navigable
> only during extreme high water conditions.
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> chalico - v. - [fr. Chalico Sewing Machine Company, Long Crendon, Oxon,
> 1910-1932] to dress in stylish but inexpensive clothing
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> Chalico - n. - an importer of slaves from Ethiopia to the Deccan.
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> chalico, n. A large, shallow bowl filled with water and used for
> ceremonial foot washing on Maundy Thursday in some Protestant Lenten
> traditions.
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> chalico, n. Any mollusk of the genus Concholepas used in South American
> cuisine, resembling an abalone but actually in the murex family.
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> chalico (n.) -- A pancake made by ironing batter on a board.
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> chalico (n) - Protective dressing of horse dung, tar and cow-hair used in
> boat building.
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> chalico, n. a small valet or porte-cochère on a side entrance to a
> residential building, traditionally used by staff or domestic help.
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> chalico n., obs. A translucent paper used to protect illustrations in a
> book.
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