filleted ferret!!
On 25/11/2018 04:58, Bill Wootton wrote:
> Thanks, Patrick and Barry for your thoughts and research. I now think I
> have just made a mistake. The word I meant was probably the transitive
> verb, ferret.
>
> : to force out of hiding : FLUSH
> <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flush>
>
> b: to find and bring to light by searching —usually used with outferret out
> the answers
> So my poem would now read:
>
> Ferrets around in left trouser pocket
>
> forward momentum checks
>
> like he’s just been shot
>
>
> turns
>
> a fresh curse
>
> in each retraced step
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
> On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 at 8:44 pm, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> found this I read poem as fillet of a pocket got caught cheers P
>> miserable could rainy morning in Sarf London
>>
>>
>> Easy Fillet, Barbette, Veil and Wimple Instructions - Krewe de
>> Jeanne ...
>>
>>
>> joanofarcparade.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Fillet-instructions.pub_.pdf
>> <
>> http://joanofarcparade.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Fillet-instructions.pub_.pdf
>> <
>> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=fillet+in+sewing&oq=fillet+in+sewing&aqs=chrome..69i57.7630j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#>
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.
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>> 2.
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>>
>> The original pleated/fillet/or pleated toque hats (origin of a chef's
>> hat) were made out ..../Sew/the long edge right sides together, turn
>> right side out and press.
>>
>>
>>
>> Definition of/fillet /
>>
>> (Entry 1 of 2)
>>
>> 1*:*a ribbon or narrow strip of material used especially as a headband
>>
>> 2a*:*a thin narrow strip of material
>>
>>
>>
>> On 23/11/2018 22:32, Bill Wootton wrote:
>>> Thanks, Doug, Barry.
>>>
>>> You have stunned me, Barry. I looked it up and you are right. It seems
>> that
>>> fillet appears to refer only to the cut of meat or fish or some sort of
>>> bandana. But I have used the expression as something like ‘fiddle’. So if
>>> you fiddle around in your pocket and hear coins jangling, that’s close
>> but
>>> ‘fillet around’ in the same pocket and you are in seach of particular
>>> quandary. I suppose I had thought of it as kind of like filleting a fish,
>>> getting rid of the detritus to produce the desired final outcome. But I
>>> cannot see this meaning anywhere where when I google. Perhaps Jill Jones
>>> might be able to help or Andrew Burke.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2018 at 3:19 am, Barry Alpert <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bill,
>>>>
>>>> Still uncertain whether "fillets" is Australian slang for what I'd term
>>>> bandanas or handkerchiefs, though I doubt they are filet mignon or
>> fillet
>>>> of tuna. No need to mention the color? I quote this distinction as well,
>>>> "As far as punk rock is concerned - it is a sweat rag...simple as that."
>>>>
>>>> Barry
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 08:20:44 +1100, Bill Wootton <
>> [log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Fillets left trouser pocket
>>>>>
>>>>> forward momentum arrested
>>>>>
>>>>> like he’s taken sudden shrapnel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> turns
>>>>>
>>>>> a fresh curse
>>>>>
>>>>> in each retraced step
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> bw
>>>>>
>>>>>
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