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OOLLY is…
A. an affectionate nickname for uilleann pipes
B. a city in Tamil Nadu, India. (contraction of Tamil Ullagamandalam)
C. made of, or having the appearance of, small, smooth, regular sized granules
D. a quack remedy for syphilis popular in the early 18th entury
E. the viscous, gelatinous state of meat in final decomposition
F. a small cavity or shallow hole in an ironwood tree from which decay may spread - a perpetual concern for foresters of this hard, durable wood
G. the small piece of albuminous matter attached to the yolk of an egg
H. a lump or loop of iron, as wootz, when taken as a pasty mass from the crucible [India]
I. a small opening, either natural or man-made so that it is just big enough to see through with one eye
J. to appear in disguise: incognito
K. an aggregate formed of egg-shaped stones originally arising as igneous inclusions in bituminous shale
L. cautious; gentle [Sc.]
M. descriptive of a polar bear's pelt
Cast your votes! You don’t have to have submitted a definition to choose your favorite (but it does make the game more interesting…)
Results next Monday, seven days hence.
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Oh, okay, I'll bite. I vote for K if only because I admire the number of multisyllable words whoever made it up used!
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formerly known as etaoin...
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I'll go with the similar, yet different, C~~~ note the time stamps there, eta 
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time stampsI guess you were the phi latelist, eh? 
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Based on the hint, I'm voting for D.
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this word looks Indian.. or Scottish! so that leaves me with H or L (throwing out the city name -- that would be simply too mean). H or L.
[what hint??]
following Occam once again, I'll go with L
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I a gree that a place name would be too mean, so I'll go with H.
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