A covert of coots
A covert is a shelter or a hiding place, from which you might study coots. It can also refer to...
A feast of brewers
A foody collective noun for a drinks purveyor. Here are some alternatives I made up: a pickling, a froth, a...
A goring of butchers
Marvelous. Can't better that one. But let's come up with another cut: a side of butchers? Or seeing the collective...
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...
Collective nouns – quotations
A 'trove' or an 'aptness' of quotes; a 'delight' or an 'elegance' of quotations, complemented by a 'fount', a 'finesse'...
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 doctrine of doctors
So now, when you are reporting from a medical conference, you know the correct term to package all those medics...
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 murder of crows
A memorable collective noun, though perhaps unfair on the poor old crow. I have a soft spot for these intelligent...
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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