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a. A case with slits or thin straps inside used for storing cutlery
b. a pointed, bladed tool used in shaping clay; a potter's knife.
c. A Scottish oath used by Robbie Burns in a little known verse:
As I were feaning ma wa doon hich strait,
After quaffin a huagskn o mardeen,
I opt didn’n sait mais truppit tae lait
An sprollit arl iver ma chinnakeen.
Ach cullet! Ahrve drappit ma eyenpeers
En’ brakkit te pains eyen betha ma seers!
d. a small herring-like fish native to the North Atlantic
e. In dressmaking, a tuck made in the bodice of a garment for the purpose of fitting it to the female bosom.
f. n; the tip of a ramrod, usually fashioned of animal fur or some other soft material, used for cleaning an artillery piece of residual powder between each shot
g. Pieces of broken glass used in making new glass
h. Specialised copper pans in a variety of sizes for poaching flat fish such as flounder. The rhomboid shape mimics that of the fish and reduces the amount of liquid required.
i. The inside area of sharp "u" shaped (a "hairpin") turn or curve in a road.
j. The unwanted remains (usually small) eliminated during a sorting process.
k. The very tight vest worn by astronauts and cosmonauts to cut down on decompression problems during EVA.
l. Young cockerels before they have grown the distinctive rooster-tail of feathers that marks maturity.
Definitions provided by: AnnaStrophic, Bingley, dxb, Elizabeth Creith, Faldage, musick, sparteye, TEd, WO’N, wofahulicodoc, Zed
You have the traditional 7 nights to guess which is the correct one.
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B for me is the rest of my life.
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> the rest of my life
G'night, Vern ;)
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great defs, but C for me. that's just great!
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Gee, these are good definitions.
And though I probably voted for the wrong one, I know I have heard that word before. My brother used to haul glass making materiel, and it may be that he mentioned this term at one time or another.
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C is above and beyond. I love it. Well done! However, I'm not gonna vote for it; it's too good to be true. I almost went for H and then L but the plural form in both dissuaded me.
My vote is for B.
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E for me, tee. I mean, "too."
And what a marvelous set of choices!
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I gotta go along with the general consensus that these are all great definitions. I was also put off by the number mismatch in H, but I like it a lot otherwise. I hadn't noticed it in L, but there it is. C had me rolling in laughter, I could just hear some Scottish stage comedian reciting the poem.
Well, I guess push has come to shove and I like I.
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If'n it ain't C it oughtta be!  That bein' said I'm a-takin' K because it's too precisely dull in tone to be wrong. All great def's...seems like a lot of us have become pros at Hogwashery! 
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