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prettygoodword ([personal profile] prettygoodword) wrote2006-03-10 07:14 am

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.

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