Word: dodderers
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...such antagonistic collections" as a "cowardice of curs," a "pride of lions," "skulk of foxes," "gaggle of geese" (which becomes a "skein" on the wing), "exaltation of larks," "murmuration of starlings" and a "rush of dun-birds." (A Liverpool University librarian noted that "clowder" was an obsolete variant of "dodder" and "clutter...
...ability. Many students might start right off the bat with English Ab. Harried section men would find themselves successfully teaching a whole class, not part of one. And a lot of Freshmen would learn a great deal more from the College's largest course, now far too clumsy to dodder past anything but its required fundamentals...
...Hoover at the wheel. The Hoover state of mind, while still definitely solemn, had been improved by the tranquillity of his surroundings, his gardens, the view from his window of the quiet Coast Range and placid San Francisco Bay. But Herbert Hoover had not returned to Palo Alto to dodder his days away. Like many another sentient Californian, he had felt the restrictions of the Golden State's isolation, and to keep in touch with the rest of the nation he had evolved a comprehensive, businesslike system which now keeps two stenographers and a pair of secretaries busy...
...once had a weak moment with an actor and M. Morel once betrayed his wife with his amanuensis. But when the fade-back has concluded and the young people have become old people again, the Catalans agree to apply the statute of limitations to their respective follies, continue to dodder their happy way along to the grave. Manhattan critics, as they shuffle up the aisle after a performance, have a terse way of signifying to each other their individual opinions of a play. An upward gesture of the head and a horizontal movement of the hand mean...
...while away the time he whets his scythe, courts the womenfolk of Dodder who find him highly aphrodisiac. Parson Hayhoe's wife, who has lost her only child, lets him love her, as does crazy Sarah Bridle. Best of all he loves Joe Bridle's truelove Susie Dawes. But Susie's depraved father will not let her go with Bridle or with Death: he aims to sell her to rich, sadistic Farmer Mere. After the wedding ceremony Joe Bridle in love's despair hands the deadly parchment back to Death...