“A Brilliant Conspiracy” Episode 14.

Blurb & other Episodes

 

Nefarious operators protest. Quayside alibis remove suspects bar three fanatical gamblers united in ketch manoeuvres.

Vocal witnesses, demanding justice, call Xander, Yoshi, especially Zollie, lucripetous humgruffins.

 

Glossary:

Humgruffin                 terrible person

Ketch                           a two-masted, fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat with a mizzenmast stepped forward of the rudder and smaller than its foremast.

Lucripetous                 eager for gain

 

Archibald’s ‘Horse of the Day’

http://www.paulaura.com/betgloss.htm

Nijinsky could have been my Nap in 1970 for the Englsh Triple Crown, but then he was the last horse to win that.

 

Jamila’s ‘Daily Poison’

http://www.britannica.com/science/poison-biochemistry/Types-of-poison#ref396648

Narcissus (incl. Narcissus poeticus); All Narcissus species contain the alkaloid poison lycorine, mostly in the bulb but also in the leaves;

Distribution: Southern Europe and Mediterranean in origin, but worldwide;

Toxic principle: Toxicity varies with species, N. poeticus being more toxic than N. pseudonarcissus, for instance. Members of the monocot subfamily Amaryllidoideae present a unique type of alkaloids, the norbelladine alkaloids, which are 4-methylcatechol derivatives combined with tyrosine.

Symptoms: The toxic effects of ingesting Narcissus products for both man and animals (such as cattle, goats, pigs and cats) have long been recognised and they have been used in suicide attempts. Salivation, acute abdominal pains, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea, then neurological and cardiac events, including trembling, tetanic convulsions, paralysis and death.

 

Word Links

http://www.wordfind.com/

http://phrontistery.info/glossaries.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/adverbs.shtml

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions-list.htm

 

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Blogging from A to Z Challenge Theme Reveal 2016

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