Here are the results for Kibitka... I am sorry to say wofa but your armil theory has been destroyed once again! (Sorry!)...elifit, AlimaeHP and tsuwm all got the right answer and Buff - you can't vote twice! (even for two different answers! ) Well done all and thanks for participating...I will put up another word tomorrow I think...


A Kibitka - an indigenous North American card game which often attracts many spectators, due to the vocal and sometimes physical nature of the play [tsuwm] BranShea

B Kibitka - Javanese wraparound baby sling, made of a length of batik which is secured by a knot in a sash style position [Candy] wofahulicodoc

C Kibitka – a type of Russian hooded sled often used as a movable habitation [True Definition] elifit, AlimaeHP, tsuwm

D Kibitka - One of the many diminishing native languages spoken by residents in a quiet corner of the Kamchatka Peninsula, in the Russian Far East. [LukeJavan8]

E Kibitka - n female ceremonial headwear on the occasion of wedding in the Belarusian tradition [BranShea] Faldage

F Kibitka - the first dog (if a female) born in a litter of sled dogs (Inuit) [Buffalo Shrdlu] Avy

G Kibitka - a Polish sausage made from a mixture of goat meat and pork, flavoured with garlic, sage, fennel, and basil. [Faldage] LukeJavan8, olly

H Kibitka - n a specialised Inuit knife with a curved blade [Jackie]

I Kibitka - an island in the North Pacific Ocean, westernmost of the Aleutian chain, 250 km (155 mi) off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Still under Russian sovereignty. [ wofahulicodoc] Jackie

J Kibitka - colloquial term for "nice lady", comes from Polish kobitka: "nice woman", long o changing into short i in order to follow original stress pattern in which the second syllable is stressed. [elifit] Buffalo Shrdlu, Candy

Oh and here is a picture of a kibitka...

yupi I won

Good round, Bexter. Look forward to your next endeavor.

there are a couple of old lexicographer's precepts that go like this: a) be brief, b) keep it simple. these predate online dictionaries, which seemingly have less stringent space requirements, but.

anyway, applying these, and also considering a comment in the voting thread regarding Too Much Information, I arrived, as I mentioned in the event, at the choice of C or H. in fact, I was just about to pull the trigger on H when it struck me that not even the OED uses an obvious Brit. spelling such as "specialised" within their definitions! (sorry, Jackie - too clever by half. : )

-joe (but I couldn't avoid the kibbutz play in my own def'n) friday
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btw, bex, you didn't mention the source for your True Definition..

Oh sorry! It was from my large Oxford English Dictionary...not very obscure but no-one knew what it was!

Here's the War and Peace version of the kibitka + snow
Never knew the thing existed. So a new word for a new object.
Thank you.

I knew they existed but not what they were called.

I liked your one Bran, but it was too close to mine, so I thought it an untruth

I was persuaded by your background knowledge elifit good first go.

Yeh..

I wonder, but I suppose I will never get the true unthruth about the vocal and physical nature of a nonexisting cardgame.

I cheated played a lot of card games but never for money, so guess I can't help (never took it seriously enough).

>I wonder, but I suppose I will never get the true unthruth about the vocal and physical nature of a nonexisting cardgame.

I have a mental picture of kibitzers (not to be confused with kibbutzes, which I seem to do) gone out of control.

Thanks for taking the time to post the picture, Bran,
it sure helps.

Haha, I was imaging something like a house on a sled; but this looks like it would be a lot of fun!
Congratulations to eli and tsu on the co-win.

New daffynition word posted, everyone check it out.
New daffynitions due on Jan 23. Don't consult the
dictionary, not that anyone would, right????

Or Feb 2/3, whichever comes later.

I stand corrected. Thanks.
I don't like February. It's the three months between
January and March.

February's the best!

A) You can really tell the days are getting longer

and

2) Pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training.

February is too short; by the end, you can tell spring is coming.

Call me romantic, but I love February because of Valentines Day.

Amazing.
I guess I started a new topic, February. Such a little
month, so many comments.