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Bevy
Bevya drinking company; an assembly or collection. See also covey, flight, flock, herd, swarm. Examples: bevy of beauties, of bright damsels, 1725; of conies, 1486; of fair women, 1667; of fairies, 1603; of girls; of ladies, 1470; of larks, 1470; of maids of honour, 1808; of otter; of powdered coxcombs, 1765; of quails, 1630; of renegades, 1848; of roes [six head of roe deer], 1470; of slaves, 1611; of swans. |
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"Bevy." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bevy." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300119.html "Bevy." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300119.html |
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bev·y / ˈbevē/ • n. (pl. bev·ies) a large group of people or things of a particular kind: he was surrounded by a bevy of beautiful girls. ∎ a group of birds, particularly when closely gathered on the ground: a bevy of quail stayed through winter, feeding on our locust beans. |
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"bevy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bevy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bevy.html "bevy." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bevy.html |
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bevy company of ladies, birds, etc. XV. of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "bevy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bevy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bevy.html T. F. HOAD. "bevy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bevy.html |
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bevy
•navvy, savvy
•ave, Garvey, Harvey, larvae, Mojave
•bevvy, bevy, Chevy, heavy, levee, Levi, levy, top-heavy
•envy
•cavy, Davy, Devi, gravy, navy, slavey, venae cavae, wavy
•bivvy, chivvy, civvy, divvy, Livy, privy, skivvy, spivvy
•Sylvie • ivy • grovy
•groovy, movie
•covey, lovey, lovey-dovey, luvvy
•anchovy • Muscovy • Pahlavi
•curvy, Nervi, nervy, scurvy, topsy-turvy
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"bevy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bevy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bevy.html "bevy." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bevy.html |
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