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As per tsuwm's rules 4 & 5:
4. [no] points are awarded to any player who submits a definition which is similar or very close to the correct meaning [rather, the moderator shall request a resubmittal]
5. If two or more players submit a definition per rule 4 (in the judgment of the moderator), the round will be thrown out with no points scored
The correct definition is a type of Indian sabre.
Max submitted: n. a type of sword. (from Skt.)
AnnaS submitted: A medieval sword (from Sanskrit tul = tool; war = battle)
Possibly faldage's comment Your words tend to be harder to get a handle on than tsuwm's. is an oblique reference to the meaning.
I came across this word in G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown story "The Quick One":
For Oriental ornament pervaded the new scheme; and where there had once been a gun hung on hooks, and sporting prints and a stuffed fish in a glass case, there were now festoons of Eastern drapery and trophies of scimitars, tulwars and yataghans, as if in unconscious preparation for the coming of the gentleman with the turban.
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Is this the first time a round has been cancelled for this reason, or is it a not-infrequent occurrence that has just happened yataghan?
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Is this the first time a round has been cancelled for this reason, or is it a not-infrequent occurrence that has just happened yataghan?
It's a stinkng conspiracy that's what it is! Bingley has robbed me of a chance to actualy score a point or two by resorting to some arcane rule. I actually did resubmit another definition, but I guess the Zeroth Law of Hogwash is "that no Quordlepleen is allowed to score at Hogwash, even if preventing this requires the round to be cancelled."
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Hmm. Most of what I came up with, when I googled "tul" was in Hungarian, sans krit.
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Hmm. Most of what I came up with, when I googled "tul" was in Hungarian, sans krit.
I took a stab at the word based purely on its phonetic similarity to "talwaar" the Hindi word for any sword. I really had no idea that it WAS the word.
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So you all will never know just how clever and well thought out my entry really was. Alas.
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So, is someone going to offer up a replacement now that I have my computer rescued from cyberspirit world? It figures, every time I have to be away from here, somebody starts a Hogwash game
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So you all will never know just how clever and well thought out my entry really was. Alas.
Sorry, Steve, I have no sympathy to spare for those less wronged than mineownself.
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Just my luck too... I'd actually joined this round instead of just lookin' on!
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Hey! At least post the definitions given so we can admire them and maybe guess whose is which!
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