Meanings
plural neverthrivings
- humorousoftenrareA group of jugglers.
Minnesota Neverthriving (15th-century jargon for a company of jugglers) meets in south Minneapolis.
2012 October 30, Jeff Strickler, “Juggling is bouncing back”, in Star Tribune2 more examples
where did i go wrong? *sob, sob* i merely wanted to point out that not all neverthrivings consist of solely men, that there are some average juggling women.......who don't have testicles.
1994 April 1, labegael, “Re: What's average?”, in rec.juggling (Usenet)For those who don't know, there was a juggling party (not quite a convention, but an informal neverthriving) in Bermuda over the weekend.
2005 April 4, Scott Seltzer, “Re: - Voting results and next theme”, in rec.juggling (Usenet)
Origin
From never + thriving. Included in a list of collective nouns in the Book of Saint Albans, published in 1486.
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