On 5 Sep 2005, at 12:30, Webwalker wrote:
a waddle of ducks
a collection of "antiquers"
An antique of collectors sounds better!
a gossip of old women (a goodie from the past)
A gossip was originally a woman who sat with another woman who was in
labour(childbirth) and her task was to chat about anything just to keep
the mum-to-be's mind off of what was going on!
and perhaps even,
a Labor Day of picnics.
Only if the gossips brought their packed lunches!
There are a lot more collective nouns to be found at"
http://www.vigay.com/nouns/index.html
Lacemakers aren't listed though! Wasn't that something discussed on
chat a while ago?
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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