quiverful
/ˈkwɪvəfʊl
/ /ˈkwɪvəf(ə)l/noun (plural quiverfuls)
1The amount of arrows a quiver can hold: figurative he is a writer with a quiverful of credits to his name...
- I quickly took the bow and a quiverful of blue-fletched arrows.
- As a result, he was able to announce plenty of studies at the weekend: he could promise a quiverful of feasibility reports and a truckful of work in progress.
- Just two months into his Fulbright fellowship, he already has a quiverful of stories about birdcalls in the Himalayas.
1.1British humorous A large number of offspring: he had one of his quiverful with him
With biblical allusion to Ps. 127:5
Origin
Mid 19th century: from quiver2 + -ful.
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