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Fountain of Youth

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  • proper noun mythology Legendary spring of water with magical properties to restore youth and health to those who drink from it.

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Examples

  • Pretorius is one of the few characters that have managed to acquire the Lazarus Effect also known as the Fountain of Youth, other members include: Juan Ponce de León, Grigory Rasputin, Count St. Germain, Lazarus Long, Ra's al Ghul, Fu Manchu, Indiana Jones and Roland.

    Of Wikis and Wold Newton: Part 10 Sean Levin 2010

  • Pretorius is one of the few characters that have managed to acquire the Lazarus Effect also known as the Fountain of Youth, other members include: Juan Ponce de León, Grigory Rasputin, Count St. Germain, Lazarus Long, Ra's al Ghul, Fu Manchu, Indiana Jones and Roland.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Sean Levin 2010

  • "There's probably a place called Fountain of Youth, too," said Alvin.

    Heartfire Card, Orson Scott 1998

  • Roy Haynes often tours with a band called Fountain of Youth.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Roy Haynes often tours with a band called Fountain of Youth.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • Eskendereya's trainer Todd Pletcher calls the Fountain of Youth victory the most impressive performance this year among Derby prospects.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Richard Rosenblatt 2010

  • Eskendereya's trainer Todd Pletcher calls the Fountain of Youth victory the most impressive performance this year among Derby prospects.

    Fore, right! RICHARD ROSENBLATT 2010

  • At present he is tethered to 5 men of similar age, but whose sip from the Fountain of Youth might be a tad overdue.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

  • If you feel bad about your neck (or any other body part), if the idea of Botox-filled syringes fills you with horror, if you don't want to empty your wallet to pay for $475 serums that promise to cheer up aging skin or the hourly cost of a facial-fitness coach, or if you don't believe the claims of antiaging gummy bears or age-defying bottled water, then Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth is the book for you.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • I find the forces 'going west,' through Gaul, through Wales, through Ireland, to the Great Plain; there to recover themselves bathing in the magical Fountain of Youth which is so near to the island the Greeks called "Sacred Ierne of the Hibernians."

    The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908

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