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A "Pall" of funeral directors.

Pall is the cover over a coffin - hence pallbearers.
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A "Recycling" of a group of Funeral Directors out on their bikes.
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No no, a recycling is a congress of second-hand cycle dealers
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Cyril Haearn wrote:No no, a recycling is a congress of second-hand cycle dealers


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We've had a thread with something like this a few years ago. The best that I remember was the collective noun for 'Bankers' - it was a 'Wunch'!!!!!!!...................... " A wunch of Bankers..............." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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JohnW wrote:We've had a thread with something like this a few years ago. The best that I remember was the collective noun for 'Bankers' - it was a 'Wunch'!!!!!!!...................... " A wunch of Bankers..............." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


nah a crook of bankers :lol:

a pratt of politicians
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JohnW wrote:We've had a thread with something like this a few years ago. The best that I remember was the collective noun for 'Bankers' - it was a 'Wunch'!!!!!!!...................... " A wunch of Bankers..............." :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


:lol: :lol:
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A Lycrum of sportive riders
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A "Freewheel" of trike riders going downhill..................or, with the alternative pronunciation,

A "Threewheel" of trike riders going downhill.
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An assist of pedelec riders
A yoyo of fixedwheel riders
A fold of time trialists
A pogo of full sus MTBers
A hum of road going MTBers
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A pride of Mercians.
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A superiority of Salsas :)
A seriousness of Surlys :roll:
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May one suggest a 'Bleat' of curmudgeons?
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Cyril Haearn wrote:May one suggest a 'Bleat' of curmudgeons?


A carp, complaint, croak, censure, contradiction, cantaker, clamour or crust of curmudgeons.

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Nikki Haley, next leader of the Republicans, has an 'orbit' of advisors

(from The Grauniad of course)
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