ext_12775 ([identity profile] movingfinger.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] prettygoodword 2006-03-11 05:50 am (UTC)

Another of those single-occurence words.

clowder, obs. var of cludder,clutter.
1801 in Strutt Sports & Past. i. i. 19 A clowder of cats.
One would at least like to see it used in, say, The Gentleman's Magazine.
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