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Multiple Hat terms

Spatterdash

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We talk so often about hats (plural) as collectors and makers; it struck me a few months back that there should be terms for more than two of a particular type of hat.

You've herd (bad pun, but I'm using it and you can't unsee it!) of a covey of quail or a murder of crows or a pride of lions... well, I have taken to calling a group of fedoras a 'massacre'

I played around with the term 'riot' for a group of porkpies as well, but other types have so far proven elusive. I ain't too happy with anything I've thought of for homburgs, bowlers, stingies, etc.

What do you propose?
 

Ambassador Kosh

New in Town
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An extra of newsboys. A Sherlock of deerstalkers. A malnutrition of stingies. A junkyard of stovepipes. A tomb of indies.
 

carldelo

One Too Many
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My contributions so far

From Spatterdash's earlier thread, I came up with these:

A council of homburgs or a mob of homburgs
A fleet of boaters or a regatta of boaters

Oh, and I second the 'league of bowlers', that's great!

And from the animal world, my favorites are 'a charm of finches' and 'a murmuration of starlings'.
 

Spatterdash

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Okay, so far we have the following, with my commentary:

Fedoras = A Massacre.
Porkpies = A Riot
Bowlers = A Team or League (I like league, fun puns) A Donnybrook, A Strand (both mine)
Newsboys = An Extra
Deerstalkers = A Sherlock
Stingies = A Malnutrition, a Scots, a Miser, a Picking (last two are mine)
Stovepipes = A Junkyard
Indies = A Tomb, A Lash (last is mine)
Homburgs = A Council, A Mob (I Like Council a lot)
Boaters = A Fleet, A Regatta (I Like both of these)
Campaign Hats = A Melee (creative, I like it)

General plural for hats = A Collection, A Hailing (last is mine)
 

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