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horn of plenty

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horn of plenty
n. pl. horns of plenty
See cornucopia.
[Translation of Late Latin corncpia; see cornucopia.]
horn of plenty
Noun
same as cornucopia
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Noun1.horn of plenty - a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
cornucopia
symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization, symbol - something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"


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Out of that horn of plenty, experimenters later may pluck long-predicted, extraordinarily stable, superheavy isotopes, the findings suggest.
New elements pop in, cousins may linger by Weiss, P. / Science News
It has become a rip-off artist's horn of plenty to deal with unaware and confused people who have money they want to put to work for them.
FIGHT BACK : COMMON-SENSE RULES FOR MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
And finally, the miraculous bathtub L'eau de tes yeux, le miel de ta bouche (The water from your eyes, the honey from your mouth), hung from the ceiling like a swing, drains its poetic liquid through a giant horn of plenty that reaches down to the floor in a blaze of (electric) light.
Francoise Quardon by Rosen, Miriam / Artforum International
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