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13 of the English language's most delightful collective nouns
OF ALL THE elements of the English language, the most delightful has got to be the collective noun.
When the word for a group of something is just right, it can be a real joy.
Like these, for example. How many did you know already?
A cackle of hyenas
bdu bdu
An illusion of painters
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An impatience of wives
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An ostentation of peacocks
Madison Berndt Madison Berndt
A rascal of boys
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A sentence of judges
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A hand of bananas
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A superfluity of nuns
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A wunch of bankers
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A flourish of blossoms
Franck Mahon Franck Mahon
A rhumba of rattlesnakes
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A babble of barbers
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A shuffle of bureaucrats
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