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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: collectible words
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Date: Fri, 12-Apr-85 13:22:54 EST
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> 	- all collective nouns (eg. gaggle, herd, swarm, hive, bevy
> etc.) and (of course) their etymology.

	There is a book which I believe is called "An Exhultation of
Larks" which covers collective nouns both real and imaginary. Fun
reading, nice illustrations.
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jcpatilla

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