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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A group (of ferrets); a business; the collective noun for ferrets.

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

business

Example

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

Etymology

From business by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too.

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