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quiverful

British  
/ 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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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

Anthony Creagh and his wife had an overflowing quiverful.

From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan

The shopkeeper then took the liberty of remarking that his visitor must surely be blessed with a quiverful.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables

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

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