prolificness

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"Muttonhead." Mallard, Serjeant Snubbin's Clerk, I have suspected, may have been some Mr. Duck--whom "Boz" had known--in that line A MONUMENTAL PICKWICK The fruitfulness of Pickwick, and amazing prolificness, that is one of its marvels.

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  1. The character or state of being prolific. If there are classes of creatures that expend very little for self-support in comparison with allied creatures, a relatively extreme prolificness may be expected of them. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., § 356.

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  • Kurt: AJ - I wouldn't buy into Lee's DP prolificness last year as being an indication that he'll do it again ajwalsh: Theriot can't get himself past first, and Lee hits ground balls. ajwalsh: When Lee hits third and Theriot hits 2nd, Lee will ground into some DPs. feet69: I'll be happy if D. Lee cuts his dp's in half GROTA is waving Twinkies in the Curse's face!! —  GoatRiders of the Apocalypse
  • Even so, I never considered Georges Simenon, even when he was reissued in the UK recently by Oates-like prolificness - 400 or so books, half of them novels - means the prospect of quality must be vanishingly small. —  Brit Lit Blogs
  • "Muttonhead." Mallard, Serjeant Snubbin's Clerk, I have suspected, may have been some Mr. Duck--whom "Boz" had known--in that line A MONUMENTAL PICKWICK The fruitfulness of Pickwick, and amazing prolificness, that is one of its marvels. —  Pickwickian Manners and Customs
  • There are men who claim that these are superior to grafted trees, especially in size, prolificness, etc.; that there is something about our wonderful Oregon climate that causes the so-called second generation trees to bear larger and better fruits than the parent plant. —  Walnut Growing in Oregon
  • A Frenchman might well hold up his hands in astonished horror at the insane prolificness--the foolhardy fertility--of British householders. —  Nancy
 

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