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Woodward Posted 23 years ago
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Word of the Day - 22nd July

Today's word: GAVEL
What does it mean and use it in a sentence.
  

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I miss my dictionary badly. Here, it says tribute or rent. I am sure Jacko will come up with an original sentence.

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I miss my dictionary badly. Here, it says tribute or rent. I am sure Jacko will come up with an original sentence.
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Interesting.....still no-one knows what it is.....or is it because I didn't offer a virtual beer for the first person to get it correct?
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Isn't a gavel the wooden hammer that an auctioneer uses?

Iain
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That's right dduck........a virtual beer coming your way!!!
(if you can put the word in a sentence)
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The auctioneer was having a bad day and gavelled the participants to death.

Does that count?

Iain
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Excellent example......LOLEmotion: big smile
The beer's all yours!
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I didnt like the judge's verdict, but he smashed me with his gavel and made me be quiet.
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I looked it up with MW, and this is what it says:

1 gav·el
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gafol; akin to Old English giefan to give
: rent or tribute in medieval England

2 gavel
Function: noun
: a mallet used (as by a presiding officer or auctioneer) for commanding attention or confirming an action (as a vote or sale)
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