WordMageCuriosities and Absurdities
A cabinet of linguistic oddities, from flights of yesterdays to promises of tomorrows.
- a comedy of airline schedulesSource: Lipton 1977
- an obsolescence of appliancesSource: Lipton 1977
- a rhapsody of bluesSource: Lipton 1977
- A couple or pair of bottlesSource: Book of St. Albans
- A cast of breadSource: Book of St. Albans
- a lurch of bussesSource: Lipton 1977
- a mews of cathousesSource: Lipton 1977
- a glut of commercialsSource: Lipton 1977
- a clutch of eggsSource: Lipton 1977
- a pitfall of fine printSource: Lipton 1977
- a cluster of grapesSource: Lipton 1977; Book of St. Albans
- a hover of helicoptersSource: Lipton 1977
- a cluster of knotsSource: Lipton 1977
- a pencil of linesSource: Lipton 1977
- a ho ho! of loopholesSource: Lipton 1977
- a metamorphosis of ovoidsSource: Lipton 1977
- a stack of planesSource: Lipton 1977
- a quincunx of planetsSource: Lipton 1977
- a breakdown of plansSource: Lipton 1977
- a breach of premisesSource: Lipton 1977
- a tragedy of railroad schedulesSource: Lipton 1977
- a clutch of second thoughtsSource: Lipton 1977
- a charge of taxisSource: Lipton 1977
- a twinkling of todaysSource: Lipton 1977
- a promise of tomorrowsSource: Lipton 1977
- a cancellation of trainsSource: Lipton 1977
- a postponement of trainsSource: Lipton 1977
- a flush of W.C.'sSource: Lipton 1977
- a flight of yesterdaysSource: Lipton 1977
About this collection
These expressions come from the collection’s records labelled Lipton 1977 and Book of St. Albans. They include historical and fanciful group names. Source labels are preserved; individual usage histories have not been assessed. Favorites are saved only in this browser.
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