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quiverful

/ ˈkwɪvəfʊl /

noun

  1. the amount that a quiver can hold
  2. literary.
    a fair number or full complement

    a quiverful of children

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Another article claims they are believed to be adherents to a fundamental faith called "Quiverful" which directs that sex is only for procreation and families must seek to have as many children as God will give them.

One comes away from “Brolliology” with a quiverful of cocktail-party-ready facts: Did you know that umbrella parts were found in a Chinese tomb dated to 25 B.C.?

One comes away from “Brolliology” with a quiverful of cocktail-party-ready facts: Did you know that umbrella parts were found in a Chinese tomb dated to 25 B.C.?

She comes and goes, she folds her cloak around her and vanishes, having shot into her victim’s heart a quiverful of teasing arrows.”

Even the condition of Trollope’s curates, like poor Mr. Quiverful, is exactly reproduced by those long-term adjuncts who teach semester to semester and live contract to contract.

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