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Which is the correct definition for the following words? Compiled by Adam Jacot de Boinod, author of The Meaning of Tingo and creator of the iPhone App Tingo

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barguest

a) one who haunts good tables, a greedy

sponger b) a scarecrow made of old garments c) a prophet of death or disaster

bellman-sucker

a) a beating administer­ed to one sent on an April-fool’s errand b) a long stick with shears for cutting high branches c) a hard and painful lump, a boil

trolling

a) the custom of rolling hardboiled eggs down a slope b) running behind, following c) eating or drinking especially noisily or greedily

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