Fesnyng

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

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..."

“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[…]”

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 ...