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Help with the last one would be much appreciated - 24d Can score N?C? (just can't work it out)
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Hello kev100. I have checked Chambers and the Oxford and they say that nock is a notch at either end of a bow for holding the string. Where does "can" come into it? I thought of "nick" because nick can be a prison and "can" can be a prison, and nick, according to Chambers is"a score for keeping an account". Take your pick MaryDou!
MaryDou - it is NICK.
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n a notch; a small cut; (usu preceded by the) a prison or police station (); the line formed where floor and wall meet in a squash, etc court; a score for keeping an account (); the precise moment of time; the precise point aimed at; (at the old dice game of hazard) a throw answering to a main; a hidden bottom in a beer tankard, the outer base being hollow ().
vt to notch; to cut (usu slightly); to snip; to cut off; to cut in notches (eg the hair of a fool; ); to catch (); to arrest (); to steal (); to rob; to make a cut in (a horse's tail muscle), so that the tail is carried higher; to defraud; to mark by cutting, carve out; to score, eg on a tally; to tally with (); to hit with precision; to hit off (); to catch in the nick of time; to cheat at hazard, defeat by throwing a nick; at hazard, to throw the nick of.
nick1
n a notch; a small cut; (usu preceded by the) a prison or police station (); the line formed where floor and wall meet in a squash, etc court; a score for keeping an account (); the precise moment of time; the precise point aimed at; (at the old dice game of hazard) a throw answering to a main; a hidden bottom in a beer tankard, the outer base being hollow ().
vt to notch; to cut (usu slightly); to snip; to cut off; to cut in notches (eg the hair of a fool; ); to catch (); to arrest (); to steal (); to rob; to make a cut in (a horse's tail muscle), so that the tail is carried higher; to defraud; to mark by cutting, carve out; to score, eg on a tally; to tally with (); to hit with precision; to hit off (); to catch in the nick of time; to cheat at hazard, defeat by throwing a nick; at hazard, to throw the nick of.
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