a clutch of second thoughts…

an unkindness of ravens, a deceit of lapwings, a murder of crows (birds had a bad rep…), a kindle of kittens, a pounce of cats, a pomp of pekingese, a knot of toads, an intrusion of cockroaches, a shrewdness of apes, an implausibility of gnus, a pitfall of fine print, a trip of hippies, a panic of producers, an escheat of lawyers, a column of accountants, a sample of salesmen, a conjunction of grammarians, a madder of painters, a ring of jewelers, a float of dancers (female) a flight of dancers (male), a stone of drunks, a wiggle of starlets, a giggle of girls, a rage of maidens, a herd of harlots, a grope of groupies (hehe), a shush of librarians, a shrivel of critics, a délicatesse of gourmets, a delicatessen of gourmands, a click of photographers, a thrill of fans, a slant of journalists, an iamb of poets, a descent of relatives, a meter of percussionists, a dish of gossips, a pan of reviewers, a magnum of hitmen in pursuit of a split of debtors, an ennui of haute bourgeoisie,  a brow of scholars, a drift of lecturers, a drowse of unachievers, a helix of geneticists, a breakdown of plans! a glut of commercials, a hack of smokers, a buzz of barflies, a consternation of mothers, a complex of psychoanalysts, a diligence of messengers, a pound of pianists, an erudition of editors, an illusion of painters, a clutch of second thoughts…

An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton
(Penguin Books)
from a book sale in U.P. Educ. over ten years ago