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choose one: a) In calligraphy, a writing implement used for engraving special inks (i.e. gold-embossed). b) A small writing desk (similar to a secretary) popular during the Italian Neoclassical period (1760-1800), and characterized by a marble writing top, pendant floral carving on the drawers and fluted tapering legs. c) A removable paper cover protecting a bound book; a dust jacket. d) an inspector of entrails, for the purpose of divination e) An old way of writing short notes - a kind of shorthand, indeed, not dissimilar in intention to the text that people use on mobile phones. f) A fountain pen made entirely of glass, also called a dipping pen. g) A small but deadly knife with the blade twisted in the manner of a screw before the final tempering. Associations: Shiv= blade. Shive=knife. Scr= screw Stilo=stylus. Stilletto=little knife Manufactured in Italy, thescrivello quickly became the favourite assassination tool of the "Black Hand"-a secret Serbian society, outlawed in 1917 for the suspected assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. A scrivello appears in the upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger movie-Collateral Damage. h) A decorative masonry technique in which a thin line of mortar is excised from a joint and then filled with white lime. i) The operating expenses of an opera house. [origin unknown] j) from the root "scrivo" meaning to write, plus the diminutive "ello" so - "to do little writing" k) A public letter writer who works in a house of joy. l) A small elephant tusk, once commonly used to produce billiard balls m) from latin v. scrivirto write pron. ellohim, penpal n) A marble patterning in which white and green stripes are alternated, used in Romanesque Italian cathedral architecture. o) Hastily written piece of music in the style of Ivor Novello (Welsh actor, composer and playwright (1893-1951)). p) A portable writing desk. 
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I throw my vote to the creative entry: d.
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Ah Bartleby! Ah Humanity!
no, I didn't cheat!
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A faint breeze stirring up the dust in the cellar of my memory tells me it's c.
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I vote H.
But, but, A public letter writer who works in a house of joy. Can somebody tell me exactly what this phrase means?
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I believe in H, and I am in very good company indeed.
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Nah, last month's Hogwash winning word was a knob on a drawer. This month it is something more exciting. "M", - a porn penpal. I vote "M".
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It really ought to be "g", as a just reward for inventiveness, with "d" as a very close second.
However, I do believe that the many voters for "h" are nearer to the mark - but they haven't taken it far enough - it is, in fact
"N"
says he confidently, as usual. (But he is, of course, nearly always wrong!)
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I'm gunning for B
BTW, most secretaries I know would be p/o'd at being described as similar to a small writing desk.
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To B or not to B?...to B.
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I'll jump on the Bandwagon!
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The "scriv"="writing" connection is too obvious for our intrepid HogMaster. I'm sure it's a redd herring. That's why I pick F.
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Noting our Hogmaster's penchant for pool, and in agreement with Flatlander's suggestion that this one may be deliberately deceptive, i'll take L
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I choose B (babbage?) too.
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I think I have votes from all the submitters 'cept for Bingley and WildWords -- as soon as I have those I'll close up the old polling booth.
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Wildwords casts her vote for G because it is such a lot of fun to read, and, if it's not the right definition, then I'm gonna send it to a knife maker and suggest that such a knife be made in honor of this definition!
No one voted for my definition, so my continued claim to have least points will continue unchallenged!
Best regards,
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I'm liking H too - I want to be standing by Max if he finds out he's pulled off another right answer... 
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I ain't voting cause I knows the answer... but my personal challenge has been to guess the personalities behind the bluffs. heh! some good ones again.
is it *you in for a sled load of points, Bob?
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I ain't voting cause I knows the answer... Oh, giving up some easy points, eh? You're just too modest*, mav!
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[whisper-e]Bing cherie, mon amour. Awake! Morning is here and you must cast your vote. The time for muskstick dreams is over. All await your decision so that we may continue Hogwash #mumble mumble mumble. You will vote for my definition, v'raiment?[butterfly kiss-e]
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Foul. Foul. Foul most foul. Consuelo is using blatant husserie to solicit delinquent Bingley's vote. For your information Consuelo, Bingley has mailed me his proxy and as soon as I receive it I will get get tsuwm's approval and vote for "O".
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That's blatant brazen hussy, my chickadee.
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my chickadeeAre you now voting for D, chica?
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My apologies for keeping everybody waiting. I cast my vote for B.
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yay bingley -- the polls are now officially closed. all that needs be done now is to await the hogmaster's ritual counting of the votes. which could take a while, as the payoffs have also been slow to arrive. but I can tell you now that there was only ONE (1) correct vote [oh so close to a stump!]. oh, and fyi, ivory was displaced by celluloid in the manufacture of billiard balls.
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