quiverful
Britishnoun
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the amount that a quiver can hold
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literary a fair number or full complement
a quiverful of children
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times
She comes and goes, she folds her cloak around her and vanishes, having shot into her victim’s heart a quiverful of teasing arrows.”
From The Guardian
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.
From The New Yorker
But it is an agricultural giant, home to 30m pigs and a quiverful of global brands.
From Economist
I was armed with my long Indian blow-pipe and a quiverful of darts.
From Project Gutenberg
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