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
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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
I was armed with my long Indian blow-pipe and a quiverful of darts.
From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Charles Gilson
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 E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Evidently it was a Puritan notion that a quiverful of children was a matter for thanksgiving.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
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