3 April 2013

bevy

[bev-ee]
noun, plural bev·ies.

1. a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
2. a large group or collection: a bevy of boisterous sailors.
3. (Australian slang): an alcoholic beverage, e.g. ‘going for a couple of bevies after work’.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English bevey, of obscure origin

Synonyms
1. covey, flight; brood. 2. assembly, company.

Today’s aphorism

Write drunk, edit sober.

– Ernest Hemingway

On this day

3 April 1882 – death of Jesse James, U.S. outlaw. (Born 5 September 1847).