A drunkenship of cobblers
What did cobblers do to be nailed with such a bad reputation? When did you ever see a drunken cobbler?
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Collective nouns – blog posts
Reflecting the mail origins of 'post', perhaps a 'packet', a 'pile', or a 'despatch' of posts. Or conveying their virtual...
Collective noun for epithets
I like this collective noun for epithets, 'artillery' suggesting a quickfire delivery of pithy comments, with the additional charm of...
A peep of chickens
'Peep' is for chicks, surely, but when they grow up, it doesn't quite work. How about instead: a haggle of...
A chattering of choughs
As I've never seen a chough, knowingly, I don't know what they chatter about.
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Collective nouns – metaphors and similes
A 'meadow', a 'marvel' or a 'meaning' of metaphors, or to capture the richness and variety of them, an 'invention'...
Bellowing bullfinches
Never heard a bullfinch, so I don't know if they bellow, but it isn't an easy word to associate with...
Collective nouns – reviews
A 'praise', a 'parade' or a 'stash' of reviews. Unless it's your books and the reviews have trashed them: a...
A conclave of cardinals
The word 'conclave' evokes the thud of a great heavy door closing behind the last cardinal to enter a thick-walled,...
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