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clowder
[
klou
-der
]
Origin
clowd·er
/
ˈklaʊ
dər
/
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[
klou
-der
]
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noun
a group or cluster of cats.
Origin:
1795–1805;
variant of dial.
clodder
clotted mass, noun use of
clodder
to clot, coagulate,
Middle English
clothered, clothred
(past participle), variant of
clotered;
compare obsolete
clotter
to huddle together;
see
clutter
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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clowder
1811, variant of
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