Thanks, everybody who submitted a definition; here we go! I think I'll give a week as the deadline for voting; so by Wednesday, November 2nd., make your decisions, and make them well!

GONG FARMER

a. A man, who, in the Middle Ages, had to go into the tunnels beneath towns and castles and clear out the plumbing when it got stopped up; gong is from the OE word for dung.

b. A hollywood talent scout.

c. noun. From the Vietnamese French. One who shapes, makes and tunes cymbals used in Vietnamese music. After formier meaning "one who shapes a hat."

d. a middleman who can arrange for someone to be awarded medals etc.

e. one who farms genetically original naturally grown crops

f. slang,obsolete: a derogatory reference to a farmer who quit after the dinner gong rang instead of taking advantage of long evenings and good weather to plant or harvest.

g. one who uses drugs by smoking them; Cockney rhyming-slang, from "bong warmer"

h. A soldier who actively seeks danger, looking for the chance to win medals.

i. Collector of "road apples" in Amish country.

j. A seller of used fats and oils.

k. the timing device in a grandfather clock.

l. One who grows sunflowers for the seeds, usually to be used in bird seed mix.