Collective nouns

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Collective nouns

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Subject:	Collective nouns
From:	"Martin Wigginton" <>
Date:	Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:29:45 +0100

When the sun goes down, I look forward to a Bevy of Nightjars.

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OK, so it's not original, but it's a good'un.

[if 'bevy' is not an Australian colloquialism, then the pun falls flat, however!]

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