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bevy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bevy \Bev"y\, n.; pl {Bevies}. [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr OF bev['e]e (cf. It beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc See {Beverage}.] 1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! --Beau. & Fl 2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also a herd of roes. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bevy n 1: a group of girls or young women 2: a flock of quail
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