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bevies

bevies is the plural of bevy.

Meaning of bevy

Noun

bevy (plural bevies)

  1. (collective) A group of animals, especially quail, roe deer or other game.
    • 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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217
  2. (collective) A group, especially a large group, and especially a group of attractive girls or women.
    • 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[.]1755, Adam Fitz-Adam, The World, number CXXI, London, page 789

Questions about bevies

What is bevies the plural of?
Bevies is the plural of bevy.

Words near bevies in the dictionary

  1. bevers
  2. Beversdorf
  3. Beverwijk
  4. Bevier
  5. Beviers
  6. bevies
  7. bevil
  8. Bevilacqua
  9. Bevilacquas
  10. beviled
  11. Bevill

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