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Meanings of little brood in English

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Usage of little brood in English
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Then followed Mother Graymouse and her little brood, with Aunt Squeaky and the cousins.
The Graymouse Family
2
She's hardly more than a girl in spite of that little brood of five.
Elsie Marley, Honey
3
Kirsteen had brought his brother a formidable little brood.
The Freelands
4
She was in great distress, having no man to care for and protect her little brood.
Confessions of Boyhood
5
Braintree, where, with her little brood, she is to stay, is close to the British lines.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
6
At home they had left a charming little brood of seven children, three of them nearly grown-ups.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 / Little J...
7
For an hour before the Hannah reached Katma Miss O'Neill was busy getting her little brood ready.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
8
How much that life meant to her and the little brood of which she was the eldest!
Taken Alive
9
Her eyes twinkled as she said it, for she knew she was going to puzzle her little brood.
Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's
10
The event of the quiet year is the annual visit of Rita and Captain Windom with their little brood.
His Sombre Rivals
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Back to your little brood.
The Universe — or Nothing
12
Mrs. Wheaton was away at work, and her eldest daughter was watching the little brood of children on the sidewalk.
Without a Home
13
His wife, Margaret, had died, and he was passing through Washington with the little brood of children she had left him.
Marse Henry (Volume 2) / An Autobiography
14
The bird's nest fascinates because there is connected with it the story of the building and the hungry little brood it sheltered.
The Unfolding Life / A Study of Development with Reference to Re...
15
Poverty and responsibility had given him ballast, and love for his own little brood had softened his heart and vitalized his soul.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 / Little J...
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She grew as lazy as a cat and day by day renewed her strength from the hills and from Edith's little brood.
His Family
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