ALL RIGHT PEOPLE!!! This is it!!
FECKET is
1 A jacket made of woven eelskin, believed to be bulletproof
2 A cogwheel with an elliptical motion, used in watches and clocks
3 An iron collar around the mast by which yards are fixed to the mast
4 A small, medieval birdcage designed specifically for keeping larks.
5 An Edwardian brooch
6 Porridge or gruel usually made with oatmeal
7 The proper name for a Manx cat- the one without the tail
8 Decorative woodwork on a musical instrument
9 Velvet waistcoat, much favoured by the second Prince of Wales.
10 A one-act play named after George Fecket, born in 1684.
11 A small sailing vessel
12 A Braw Scotch word defining a sporran
13 A part of the breast plate found in medieval armour
14 A hedge made of deciduous bushes
15 A measuring device used for calculating the potential board feet of lumber from an area of standing trees
16 A small door cut into a bigger one
Hmm....I have two choices in mind, but I'm going with my gut and betting on #9.
3 shall be the number. Thanks!
I'm stumped. Going with 16 just because.
I think we could write a very interesting book using all of those!
There are five or six that sound very possible here. Kudos go to the people that thought up 2,3,8,11 and 15 because I was tempted by all of them (although anything I like can't possibly be the correct answer). However, I'm going with #16. It's the wrong answer, too, but what the hell.
#9 for me, but there are several others that are tempting!
I like ehBeth's suggestion!
Number nine... number nine...number nine... number nine...
My, how distinguised McGentrix looks!
That clenched fist of his hero is clearly a greeting sign of the Ilumminati.
Threeeeeee!!!!!!!!! (that's not my bluff, is it??)
hmmmm.....
I'll choose #11
PaL
:-)
I drove 47 miles to enter.....
NUMBER 3!!!
I like # 15.
There has to be a word that means # 15, and I don't know why it couldn't be fecket. So there.
I' going with #3 as well.
But I hafta say, these are the best bluffs ever! I laughed out loud more than once. I especially liked number 12, heehee.
I HATE to be thought of as a follower, but I'm stumped and going with the slight majority has worked for me before!...#9 Augh!!
(These ARE really good...and funny!)
I was working on a yarn including all the bluffs - but the requirement to attend work interfered with my muse (as usual!)
Fecket
Taffy selects #4
firstthought is sold on the Prince of Wales so its #9
Hoping hiama will vote...
Fascinating to see what everyone chooses - a lot of clustering, majority protection!
