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In reply to:
a clamp of crocodiles (is it true one et a German tourist recently? a friend of mine in Darwin sez so....geez, you'd think that would make the news Up Over as well)
I heard about this tourist as well -- and that she'd just fled from Bali after the bombing there. Mark you, apparently she went swimming in a river after being told by the tour guide don't because there are crocs in the river.
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Just ro resurrect an old post -
A proposition from an assembly of "ladies of the evening" is, variously,
a flurry of strumpets
a jam of tarts
an essay of trollops
an anthology of pros
a feathering of 'ores
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Dear wofahulicodoc: and only those who have sculled are likely to know what "feathering" meant.
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those who have sculled are likely to know what "feathering" meant
Well, yes, but isn't the Board supposed to expose us to words we aren't familiar with every now and then? :-)
From Onelook.com:
"Quick definitions (feathering)
noun: turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls"
(Actually, I would consider it a verb participle myself)
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Feathering, to the aviators in the crowd, refers to shutting down the engine and rotating the prop to a position of least wind resistance.
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Same thing with the oars: you rotate them so the blades are parallel to the water as you reach for the next stroke, and they minimize your wasted energy by not needing to be lifted, help keep your balance, and minimize the drag as they just barely skim over the surface.
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In sculling you can catch a crab if you aren't careful, but amongst a feathering of 'ores you might catch many crabs.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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<applause>  Yes, you could catch the applause, too... (eta, that was a good one!)
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Hope this ain't a reinyartnation
A) They ain' no such thangYes there is: A Reinyartnation® of AWADers......see? And Faldage, you owe me for a ®...but I ain't chargin' mg 'cause she's special.  A Phalanx of Faldages...(now there's a scary thought!  ) so you wanna be an "n" thief, do ya? 
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