a) flypaper [Bingley]
b) a scoundrel or rogue [Flatlander] Bingley, maverick, sjmaxq
c) a newly-coined term for musicians who play on Moscow's subway platforms; portmanteau of "busker" and "Moscow" [Asp] etaoin
d) a tool used to scrape mud off shoes [consuelo] Faldage, Flatlander
e) someone who remains silent during a conversation, even if directly addressed. cf the Tar-Baby in the Brer Rabbit saga [RC] consuelo
f) a convertible bond, convertible preferred stock, or warrant converted during a takeover into voting stock [Wordwind]
g) [street lingo] someone who attempts to play the blues, but really doesn’t ‘get’ it [ron o.]
h) one who pretends to have/hold religious or political beliefs in order to gain or maintain favorable status for the sake of marriage, public office, etc. [musick]
i) the dog-team member that brings up the rear and helps control the pack, although rarely a dominant animal in the pecking order when not in harness [maverick] WO’N, maahey
j) New Australian slang term for mosquito, rapidly replacing 'mozzie' [dxb] wofa
k) the long, curved mouthpiece of a Turkish pipe [Juan]
l) to frisk, gambol [Faldage]
m) early nineteenth century vernacular for firearm; dim. of "musket" [wofa] RC, musick
n) (derogatory) a muezzin (from mosk, variant of mosque) [max] dxb
o) [slang, now rare] a person who pawns articles for more than their real value [OED] ASp, Wordwind
so there you have it; Flatlander garnered three(3) votes and wofa, maverick and consuelo were next with two(2) each. meanwhile, ASp and Wordwind sussed out the correctness of (o).
the word stems from mosk in the Yiddish word moskeneer (To pawn (an article) for more than its real value.) and ultimately from the Hebrew misken, to pawn.
