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bevy

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"Large group"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɛvi/Part of speech nounSorted bevyStarts with BEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2E3V4Y

Definitions

  1. a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)

Word origin

From Middle English bevey, of uncertain origin, possibly Anglo-Norman.

Used in a sentence

  • The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
  • The same messenger who summoned the whole bevy of renegades, Dover, Peterborough, Murray, Sunderland, and Mulgrave, could just as easily have summoned Clarendon.
  • The two elder of the brothers were plainly not intending to linger more than a moment, but the spectacle of a bevy of girls dancing without male partners seemed to amuse the third, and make him in no hurry to move on.

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