Definitions
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- noun a group of cats.
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- noun A group of
cats .
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- noun a group of cats
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Examples
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May 19, 2007 at 12:23 pm group of cats is called a clowder akshully also is archaic form of clutter and thus more ellygant, forsooth
In ur yardz… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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Did you know that a group of cats is called a clowder?
Archive 2007-11-01 Teena in Toronto 2007
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Did you know that a group of cats is called a clowder?
Kitty facts Teena in Toronto 2007
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The performance of this clowder cast is captivating.
James Scarborough: "Cats," Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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The performance of this clowder cast is captivating.
James Scarborough: "Cats," Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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Participants were required to rearrange the panels of the not-so-sequential art to put them in narrative order -- and ultimately had to "do the math" and count a clowder of cartoon cats.
POST HUNT: When a comic strip stands between you and $2K 2010
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Some examples: A shrewdness of apes, cete of badgers, army of caterpillars, knot of toads, unkindness of ravens, or a clowder of cats. link
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It also has fun facts – Did you know a group of kittens is called a ‘kindle’ and a group of cats a ‘clowder’?
August 30th, 2004 mynxii 2004
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How about a 'clutter' or 'cluster', 'clowder' or a 'glaring'.
Behind the News liz donovan 2003
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Foolishly, they grossly over-estimated their appeal by booking the 02, only for the top tier to be curtained off and there being enough room for everyone to swing a clowder of cats downstairs.
bilby commented on the word clowder
Pity this isn't clawder :-(
July 21, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word clowder
"After the smoke and cordite cleared and the clowder of little-girl voices quit their chiming screams, Lazarus touched his temple, his finger finding a dab of blood no bigger than a drop of claret."
"Dayward" by ZZ Packer, in The New Yorker, June 14 & 21, 2010, page 109
July 13, 2010