Hob

A

A game of sticks and stones

B

A male ferret

C

A lout

D

To walk with a limp

Jack

A

A detective

B

An inhabitant of Ascension Island

C

A children’s game played with stones

D

A leather bottle

Gill

A

An ornate paving stone

B

A small ravine

C

A female ferret

D

The wattle under the bill of a fowl

Pill

A

To become bald

B

A doctor

C

A male prostitute

D

To plunder

Pant

A

A puddle in a cowshed

B

An overhead railway or tram wire

C

The bulging and shrinking of a ship’s hull

D

A public fountain

Cob

A

A basket

B

A male swan

C

Clay and chopped straw used as a building material

D

An Australian from Tasmania

Dan

A

A level of proficiency in Japanese sport

B

A tub for carrying coal

C

A marker buoy

D

A type of small Scandinavian sausage

Kit

A

A pocket violin

B

A baby ferret

C

To mock sarcastically

D

A container holding about 10 stones weight of fish

Bat

A

Informal speech in a foreign language

B

To flutter

C

A type of church tower found in the Channel Isles

D

A layer of hat felt

Tag

A

To scream uncontrollably

B

An American parking ticket

C

The tip of an animal’s tail

D

A refrain

Nib

A

A wooden carriage pole

B

To poke a pig

C

An upper class person

D

Crushed coffee beans

Pan

A

A betel nut

B

To go to sleep upside down

C

The face

D

A small ice floe

Rag

A

To argue

B

A large rough slate

C

A farthing

D

A ferret’s tail

Tap

A

An Indian malarial fever

B

A barrel peg

C

The bit of plastic at the end of a shoelace

D

A song sung at the end of a Girl Guide meeting

Frog

A

The depression in a brick

B

An Adam’s apple

C

The block on a violin bow

D

An attachment to the belt for carrying a bow

Bob

A

To cheat

B

A dance

C

A Scottish word for ‘uncle’

D

The refrain of a song

Gin

A

A type of shirt worn in Poland

B

An aboriginal woman

C

A Scottish word meaning ‘if’

D

A trap

Ban

A

To catch a ball whilst running backwards

B

A division in the Prussian army

C

A Moldovan coin

D

The Governor of a Hungarian military district

Gaff

A

A Welshman who comes from Glamorgan

B

To gamble

C

A hook used to land fish

D

A fair

Poll

A

The blunt end of the head of a hammer

B

An old jar with a clamp-on lid

C

A pass degree at Cambridge University

D

The head

Bun

A

The buttocks

B

A dry stalk

C

An idle dandy in Regency times

D

A hare’s tail

Mag

A

A collective noun for jays

B

Free drinks given to employees of a brewery

C

A long-tailed titmouse

D

A halfpenny

Quiz

A

A type of yo-yo toy

B

A mocking look

C

A monocle

D

An 18th century horse-drawn carriage

Maw

A

A seagull

B

The stomach of a ruminant

C

The winding gear in a Cornish tin mine

D

A card game

Tiff

A

A dram of whisky

B

To dress

C

A female market flower seller

D

Sour liquor

Tod

A

A card game

B

28 pounds weight of wool

C

A fox

D

A kangaroo hunting party

Link

A

The excretion of a civet’s reproductive organ

B

A bank

C

A crude type of torch

D

To move nimbly

Fell

A

Bitterness

B

Skin

C

A moorland farm

D

Ruthless

Wale

A

Planks along the outside of a ship’s hull

B

Collective noun for ferrets

C

Choice

D

Texture

Ware

A

Springtime

B

Seaweed

C

Clipped hole in a bus or train ticket

D

To spend