Collective nouns are nouns which refer to a group of things, for a example a pride of lions or a school of fish. Strutt take it to the next level of oddity with:
- a melody of harpers
- a stalk of foresters
- a fighting of beggars
- a draught of butlers
- a drunkenship of cobblers
Makes me wonder what life was like for cobblers in 1801 to be given such a bad rap?
Anyway, for a bit of fun, what collective nouns do you know of that are a little, shall we say... unusual?
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Hi Alison. What an interesting blog post. I couldn't find any particularly funny collective nouns but there is a very comprehensive database of them at http://www.vigay.com/nouns/. Probably the one which appeals most to me from those I have read so far is a "quiver of cobras".
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