fesnyng

plural fesnyngs

1. collectiveA group of ferrets.

   ... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept

   1991, Noel Perrin, A Noel Perrin Sampler, Dartmouth College Press

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   Ferrets are fiercely solitary animals. They are no more likely to get together in a fesnyng that you or I are. […] 'Well, there was a fesnyng in your bathtub..."

   2012, Sue Ellery, Gallimaufry, →ISBN

   “You should 'ave seen 'er attack a fox. She's got guts, she 'as, and she's a ferret for your information.” “A ferret, eh? That's worth more than a weasel, isn't it? And if she's that good, we'll 'ave ter find a mate for 'er. Breed our own fesnyng of the beasts[…]”

   2016, Richard Blackburn, Rise of the Gatekeeper (Book 3 Guardians of the Gate), Lachesis Publishing Inc, →ISBN, page 81

   A pride of lions, a murder of crows, a crash of rhinos, a fesnyng of ferrets, a pity, no, a piteousness of doves, a memory of elephants, an ascension of larks. He wasn't crazy. He'd measure and check the marks, then maybe they'd let him fold for ...

   2018, Charlton Pettus, Exit Strategy, Harlequin, →ISBN

   Synonyms: business