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face="Times New Roman" size=3>DANDY ROLL RESULTS!</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>As often happens, the Dictionary won!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The next Defmeister will be announced as
soon as I hear from Pierre, as I still have to hear from him to clarify his
ballot in order to break the tie for 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Place.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Complete results will appear ASAP.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I apologize for tardiness, as I have had
a wonderful houseful of family for a few weeks, and I’m not only way behind in
my other responsibilities, but I am pooped as well!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Linda<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PS Had nice email exchanges with Hutch
about Danites and Mormons, and with Judith about exhaustion and “eustress”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Welcome, Nathaniel!</FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>1)dandy roll, n.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A
decorative filigree of intersecting squares or rectangles.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fr. <I>dents du</I> <I>roi</I>, king’s
teeth<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Ranjit, 3 points<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2 points Nathaniel, 1 point
Judith)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Nicolas:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know we butcher
French, but are we really that bad?</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>J-J:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Too similar to
dandelion</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hutch:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The derivation is quite evil! However, I can’t quite believe in a sound
change from “dents du” to “dandy”, but a spelling change from “roi” [wa] to
“roll”. “dandy wall” or something similar.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Nathaniel: strong vote.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>2) dandy roll, n. A stunt maneuver in which the pilot does a half-loop
and a half-roll, resulting in a vertical u-turn. Like many stunts, it was
pioneered by Adolph Pegoud<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(1889-1913), but has been the “dandy roll” in the US since American stunt
pilots, returning home from WWI explained it to each other as having been
developed by a “French dandy”.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>By Fran, 3 points or 5, if Pierre’s vote was for her def.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(2 points, David R, plus 1 point correct
guess, with possible 2 points from PA). Fran hopes she won’t win, as she will be
away for a while.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>A number of folks identified this as an Immelmann turn, after the German
ace Max Immelmann<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(1890-1916).</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>3) dandy roll, n.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A roll of
fabric decorated with lace, used as a decoration on dresses.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Pierre, 0 votes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or a possible correct
guess?????</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>J-J: If I had any points left, I would have voted for
this.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>4) dandy roll, n.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(slang)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An excessively
elegant piece of luggage, used by young men in the early 19<SUP>th</SUP>
Century.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Judith, 2 points<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Correct guess).</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Hutch: Since I created a piece of luggage, I’m not voting for anyone
else’s.</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>5) dandy roll, n.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A hobo’s
bedroll, esp. the contents of the bedroll.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>By Hutch, 5 points<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(David
R-1 point, Nathaniel, 1 point, Nicolas, 2 points, correct guess, 1
point.)</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Nicolas:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hobo slang must be
real, right?</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>J-J:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Two very similar
thoughts there, and along the lines of my cowboy bed.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Nathaniel, weak vote.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>6) dandy roll, n. A pickpocket who specializes in robbing wealthy,
drunken youths.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By David R, 0
points.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>J-J:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This would more likely
be a “dandy-Roller” if it were real, I think.</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Hutch:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Wouldn’t<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>that be all
pickpockets?</FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3>7) dandy roll, n. Columnar formation typical of a hypermafic lava
extrusion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Eric, 6 or 7
points.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Ranjit, 1 point, Hutch, 2
points, Jean-Joseph, 1 point, possibly Pierre, 1 point.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Nicolas: Don’t forget to reverse the polarity.</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>J-J: 1 point for the lava.</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Hutch: Because there’s nothing else I can believe in, 2
points.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>8) dandy roll, n.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
papermaking, a cylinder that puts on the watermark. Also, dandy-roll, dandy
roller.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Webster’s New Twentieth
Century Dictionary of the English Language unabridged Second Edition, 1976—9
points<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1 point Fran, 2 Points,
Eric, 2 points, Judith, 1 point Hutch, 2 points, Jean-Joseph, 1 point
Nicolas.)(Actually, the hyphen is in the first spelling, but I did not notice it
until the ballot was sent, alas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Also, preferred it without.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Linda</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hutch: least unbelievable of the ones that are
left: 1 point.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Nicolas: 1 point for a nice clean technical
definition.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Eric: Two points for the “Also dandy-roll, dandy
roller” part.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>9) dandy roll, n. (Cowboy slang)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>A bed, esp. one located in a hotel or brothel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Jean-Joseph, 6 points.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(1 point, Ranjit, 2 points, Fran, 1
point, Eric, 2 points, correct guess.) </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Eric, one point for funniness.</FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>I am assuming that Pierre voted 2 points for plausibility to #2, as a
vote for #3 would be for his own def, thus eliminating him.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Likewise, I’m betting that Pierre voted
one point for the “Italian felsia”, whatever that is, that might point to # 7
and give Eric the edge over Jean-Joseph, 7 points to 6, instead of a correct
guess.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hope to discover soon.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Linda<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PS<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Will also send with final results the many definitions of daisy cutter
since my old dictionary was
printed.</FONT></FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>