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The final ballot received pushed the soup past the loofah
gleanings. And everybody got points. It's all yours, Ranjit!<br>
<br>
Jean-Joseph<br>
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<br>
Jim: "I like a lot of these definitions; congratulations all
around!"<br>
No definition from Jim, but one point for a correct guess.<br>
<br>
doosra - n. - Armenian chickpea soup.<span><br>
from Ranjit. David 2, Nicolas 2, Elliott 2 = 6 points and victory<br>
Linda: </span><span><span>"food. Judith?"<br>
Elliott: "</span></span><span><span>By far the most plausible of
the non-Subcontinental defs."<br>
<br>
</span> </span><span>doosra - n. - 1. An imported plant. 2. A
waste of water.<br>
from Nicolas. Jim 2 = 2 points<br>
Linda: "</span><span><span>waste, reminiscent of bagasse-related
words"</span><br>
Jim: "</span><span>2 points for not having an
obviously-subcontinental origin."<br>
Elliott: "</span><span>I'd want to see a little more etymology
before committing to this one.
"<br>
<br>
</span>doosra - n. - [Trinidadian dial.] - Hindu-language reggae.<br>
from David. Eric 1, Jacob 1 = 2 points<br>
Linda: "do they speak Hindi in Trinidad?"<br>
Eric: "I imagine it would be "Hindi"-language, but it probably
exists and I like the idea."<br>
Jacob: "one vote and I want to hear some"<br>
Elliott: "First of the Subcontinental defs. ``sr'' says ``India''
like ``sch'' says ``Germany''. I'll seize on it as a reason to
eliminate defs."<br>
<br>
doosra - n. - The wake left in a crowd by the passage of an
elephant. <br>
<span>from Elliott. Ranjit 1, David 1, Eric 2 = 4 points<br>
Linda: "</span><span>space and perhaps waste?"<br>
Eric: "</span><span>After all, if we've had glip (the wake of a
whale). . . .
"<br>
Jim: "</span><span>The Elliott-whimsy is strong with this one! But
no points."<br>
Elliott: "</span><span>Second Subcontinental def.
"<br>
<br>
</span><span></span>doosra - n. - [fr. several S. Indian dialects] A
menial servant, usually initially unskilled, who assists a more
skilled servant with household tasks.<br>
from Linda. Nicolas 1 = 1 point<br>
Elliott: "Third Subcontinental def."<br>
<br>
<span>doosra - n. - [British Indian slang] A newcomer, a greenhorn.
Derived from the habit of using cardamom sauce ("doosra") on all
foods indiscriminately.<br>
from Jacob. Linda 2 = 2 points<br>
Linda: "</span><span><span><span>Cardamom, yum!"<br>
Jim: "</span></span></span><span><span><span>I'd vote for this
if the word 'greenhorn' weren't there -- it
feels too slangy to be in a dictionary definition, even one of
a slang
term."<br>
Elliott: "</span></span></span><span><span><span>Fourth
Subcontinental def."<br>
<br>
</span></span> </span>doosra - n. - [fr. Turk. <i
class="moz-txt-slash"><span class="moz-txt-tag"></span>djusra<span
class="moz-txt-tag"></span></i>, dead] The dirt and dead skin
removed by the loofah glove (asindirmak) following the warm full
body wash in a traditional Turkish bath.<br>
from Eric. Ranjit 2, Linda 1, Jacob 2 = 5 points<br>
Linda: "<span>more waste, but one vote because I love loofahs."</span><br>
Jacob: "two votes for plausible extra words"<br>
Elliott: "Gross enough to vote for, but I'm not convinced that
``djusra'' looks Turkish."<br>
<br>
doosra - n. - [fr. Ar. <i>do osrah</i>, the place of the children
of Osrah (mythical Arabic city, one of the reputed sites of the
Garden of Eden)] Fertile land; more generally, land that is not
desert.<br>
from Hutch. Elliott 1 = 1 point<br>
Linda: "<span>honorable mention because I was thinking of the
Arabian Nights recently."</span><br>
Elliott: "OK, this is pretty creative and well away from India."<br>
<br>
<span>doosra - n. - </span><span><span><span>[fr. Urdu <i>doosra</i>,
</span>"(the) other (one)"] </span>A particular type of
delivery by an off-spin bowler in the sport of cricket. The doosra
spins in the opposite direction to an off break (the off-spinner's
default delivery), and aims to confuse the batsman into playing a
poor shot.<br>
from Wikipedia. Jim 1 = 1 point<br>
</span><span>Linda: "</span><span><span>Isn't that a googly?" [Well,
close, but not exactly. </span></span><span></span>Wikipedia
further explains, "The doosra is the off-spinner's equivalent of the
leg-spinner's googly, which spins in the opposite direction to the
leg spinner's stock ball."]<br>
<span>Elliott: "</span><span>Fifth Subcontinental def."<br>
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