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armil
choose one: [vote now, avoid the Christmas rush!]
a) the space in between hair follicles
b) a baby armadillo
c) a leather bag used to hang gear or supplies on a horse during the US Civil war, which also converts into a backpack
d) the smooth area between the head of a bolt or screw and the threads
e) referring to the habit of European women not shaving under their arms
f) a little armadillo
g) to make a rich discovery, to unearth wealth
h) poor in spirit, downtrodden; afflicted
i) an ancient astronomical instrument for determining equinoxes and solstices by shadows cast by the sun
j) Armed Forces jargon for secret super-lightweight protective gear, named for armor and millimeter thickness
k) an ornamental armband or bracelet
l) the device on a sextant or octant through which the sighting is made
m) a secondary, ornate branch on a multi-tiered chandelier
n) an herb used in ancient times in purification ceremonies
o) a Spanish diminutive describing a dwarf armadillo
p) a tattoo around the upper arm signifying rank within the Olmec military priesthood
q) [regional Welsh colloquialism] one thousand, traditionally applied to livestock
r) an early attempt at e-mail technology, now obsolete
s) a small suit of armor to cover a falcon's breast; since transferred in remote parts of Cornwall to signify the dressing of a Christmas goose
t) a young armadillo
{I kid you not!}
entries from: RC, etaoin, maahey, TFF, sjm, Ww, Bingley, dxb, bonzai, Capfka, consuelo, Asp, wofa, Faldage, WO'N, Jeepers(?), musick, Jackie, ron obvious, and a really big dictionary
I hope I got everyone's armadillo entry.
Also, milum's entry was SO succinct that I had to burn it before reading... oh, wait... that's top secret.
Never mind.
-your humble, and obstipated, hogmasterŪ
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Turn around four times and shout: Armadillo! It'll bring you good luck!
And, if you believe that, you've got a screw loose somewhere.
Speaking of screws, I cast my vote for d because I love learning the names of things you've looked at a million times and never knew the name of, even if it's incorrect and a big fat lie the way most of these entries are.
But, come to think of it, I like knowing the name of the space between hair follicles.
Well, I'll stick with d since that's a useful word to know:
Example of definition d applied in a bit of dialogue from a riveting play:
Rooster: Nokey! You didn't screw the dadburned screw down far enough!
Nokey: What you talkin' 'bout, Roostuh?
Rooster: The dadburned armil is stickin' up out of the wall and it looks tacky as hell.
Nokey: Glad you brought that to my attention. I'll screw the armil down flat as a little armadillo in the road.
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Since the plural of armadillo is probably not armadilli I choose i.
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Grateful, humbled and embarrassed that my caterwauling prompted the HM to reinstate my entry, I'll side with Bingley, and vote I
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Mmmm. This one is, um, difficult.
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For greatest internal consistency - the word sounds appropriate for the language of the definition - I have to vote for P, the tattoo around the upper arm signifying rank within the Olmec military priesthood . Even the Romans knew "Armil virumque cano..." opening lines of Virgil's Aeneid, just about
And I also have a linguistic problem with all the "little armadillos." Aren't they already a diminutive? Small armadas, I would presume? It's redundant to diminish them any more.
P.S. to tswum: Even our esteemed spell-checker has been co-opted. See what it has to say: "Small armadas, [armadillo] I would presume?... "
P.P.S. If _it_ can underline all the red words, why can't I?
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And I also have a linguistic problem with all the "little armadillos." Aren't they already a diminutive? Small armadas, I would presume? It's redundant to diminish them any more.Since no armadillo is an island, presumably the death of any armadillo diminishes those that are left, when all is said and donne. 
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