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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—O

Olive Branches

Children of a parent. It is a Scripture term: “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine ... thy children like olive plants round about thy table” (Psalm cxxviii. 3.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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