Meaning of Bevy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A group of animals, particularly quail.
   collective
2. A small group of people, especially girls or women.
   collective
3. A large group or collection.
   collective

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“In the midſt of all this buſtle, I was ſtruck with the appearance of a large bevy of beauties and women of the firſt fashion, who with all the perfect confidence of good breeding, inſhrined themſelves in the ſeveral temples dedicated to the Cyprian Venus[.]”

“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.”

“For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed⟳ while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.”

“Thursday's session makes AT&T the latest high-profile company to meet⟳ with Trump after the president-elect's series of job-related talks with firms such as Softbank, Carrier and a bevy of tech companies including Google, Facebook and Apple.”

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