Simon Hobeck on Nostr: At my parents place in Suffolk and found an old book called "everybody's pocket ...
At my parents place in Suffolk and found an old book called "everybody's pocket companion". Think its from 1955. Had a good page on collective nouns.
Who knew a group of kittens is called a "kindle" or a group of snipe are called a "wisp"
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