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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But it is an agricultural giant, home to 30m pigs and a quiverful of global brands.
From Economist • Jan. 2, 2014
While Eden made temples with his hands and Bidault toyed with his left ear, Molotov let loose a quiverful of barbs at the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Evidently it was a Puritan notion that a quiverful of children was a matter for thanksgiving.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.
He carried a quiverful of ebony knives, and an urn from which stuck out long bamboo spoons.
From The City Curious by Bosschère, Jean de
I started life with the usual quiverful of good qualities, but there's one I've lost, and I don't want it back again.
From The Cinema Murder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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