"fesnyng" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1991, Noel Perrin, A Noel Perrin Sampler, Dartmouth College Press",
          "text": "... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept"
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          "ref": "2012, Sue Ellery, Gallimaufry",
          "text": "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...\"",
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          "ref": "2016, Richard Blackburn, Rise of the Gatekeeper (Book 3 Guardians of the Gate), Lachesis Publishing Inc, page 81",
          "text": "“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[…]”",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Charlton Pettus, Exit Strategy, Harlequin",
          "text": "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 ...",
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        "A group (of ferrets); a business; the collective noun for ferrets."
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        {
          "word": "feamyng"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɛz.nɪŋ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛsnɪŋ"
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    {
      "enpr": "fĕsʹ-nĭng"
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  "word": "fesnyng"
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          "text": "... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept"
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          "ref": "2012, Sue Ellery, Gallimaufry",
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