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OP Sparteye made a strong initial run but was ultimately tied by dxb with three(3) votes; meanwhile, Wordwind, ASp and dxb got the truth of it.
a) a long-handled oblong swab for cleaning the bore of a cannon after discharge [Wordwind]
b) a fanciful additive which makes milk appear to be beer [tsuwm]
c) an Indian trained as a soldier by the British, loaned to the East India Company for protection of their employees and property: Sepoy [dxb] dellfarmer, Jackie, wofa
d) an obsolete Scot. form of cuckoo [OED2] Wordwind, ASp, dxb
e) a small, nocturnal, arboreal mammal native to semi-tropical regions [Sparteye] etaoin, Bingley, sjmaxq
f) one of the oldest genus of trees on the Japanese islands [maverick] Coffeebean
g) [Scots Gaelic] the chanter on a bagpipe [Asp] Sparteye, maverick
h) a small, colorful fish found exclusively in the waters of the Galapagos Archipelago [consuelo]
i) alt. form of gingko, a primitive tree whose species dates back to the Jurassic Era (originally a typographical error which first entered the dictionary in 1913 and has been perpetuated ever since) [wofa] Musick
j) the dried residue of bird excreta [WO’N] juan
k) a woman of easy virtue, Army slang from Korean [Faldage] Capfka
l) a traditional Indonesian drink served to a newly married couple [belMarduk] Faldage, belM
m) a S. American penguin that became extinct towards the end of the 19th century [Bingley]
n) a ginkgo biloba extract base beverage thickened with miso and flavored with ginger, originated in Japan [musick]
o) rice paper [Jackie] consuelo
This one is hard. Several definitions look like they'd fit. Grrr. Let me think on it a day.
heh. b made me laugh out loud, but I'll go with e.
formerly known as etaoin...
E
Bingley
Bingley
I missed submitting this time, due to illness, but I shall cast my sickly vote with Etaoin and BinglEy.
This has got to stop. Those last votes are making it seem too easy. I like D, K and L. I'll go with L.
M made me laugh, but the sound of gukgo is so close in the mouth to cuckoo that I'll coe obsoletely with d.
I have no idea.
:: throws dart ::
G
the sound of gukgo is so close in the mouth to cuckoo
Yeah. I'm with WW on this one.
d
I'm also throwing a dart - C
Ron.
Ron.
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