[Ads-l] bevy; catamounts

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not as weird, but worth noting:

A Science Channel show (2017) speaks of a seismic activity that "unleashed
a bevy of boulders."

JL

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "Holy catamounts!"
>
>
> Exactly! That should be, "a bevy of cold _airs_ is coming."
>
>
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