Collective nouns – words
OK, let's go alliterative on this one: a 'wealth', a 'wonder', or a 'world' of words. Alternatively: an articulation, an...
A draught of butlers
A hint of butlers having had a propensity for tippling at the sherry or the whisky? I would prefer a...
A doctrine of doctors
So now, when you are reporting from a medical conference, you know the correct term to package all those medics...
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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A clowder of cats
The spell check keeps trying to change 'clowder' to 'chowder', which I don't think anyone would want made of cats.
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An army of caterpillars
'Army' makes sense when you hear of trains of spiny, poisonous caterpillars marching like a locomotive across the southern landscapes...
Bullocks in droves
I remember pubs in Scotland called The Drover's Inn, and this collective noun can be used for cattle more generally. ...
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'...
A chattering of choughs
As I've never seen a chough, knowingly, I don't know what they chatter about.
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A piteousness of doves
A poetic collective noun, evoking the soothing cooing of the birds of peace, one of the gentlest sounds in nature...
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