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king's bounty

noun

British.
  1. a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.



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No question that over the long stretch, value investors have reaped a bonanza in investment returns, regardless of the market’s volatility, closely akin to a King’s bounty. 

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Perchance I can call the King's bounty to you.

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"The King's bounty," she said, "I will receive with gratitude; but, from you, I will take nothing."

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He, however, consented to the bestowal of a portion of the king’s bounty for a couple of years on Mrs Hunter and her two surviving children.

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Churches were built in divers places; the people joyfully flocked together to hear the Word; lands and other property were given of the king's bounty to found monasteries; English children, as well as their elders, were instructed by their Scottish teachers in study and the observance of monastic discipline.

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