clowder of cats
clowder - n., a group of cats.
No word origin in evidence. No doubt the OED might shed some light upon the dander. ETA: the OED sheds that it's an "obs. var of cludder, clutter."
And that's the end of this theme week -- way too soon, for I've at least another week's worth of interesting left. I'll return to them later, though, for there's some onesies I wanna run first. Stay tuned!
---L.
No word origin in evidence. No doubt the OED might shed some light upon the dander. ETA: the OED sheds that it's an "obs. var of cludder, clutter."
And that's the end of this theme week -- way too soon, for I've at least another week's worth of interesting left. I'll return to them later, though, for there's some onesies I wanna run first. Stay tuned!
---L.