a mother lode of

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a mother lode of something (American)

a large collection of a particular type of thing His collection of letters and papers is a mother lode of information for writers and journalists.

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Nevada boasts a mother lode of wind, solar and geothermal resources, which makes the state an ideal place not only to produce alternative power for residents and businesses, but also to test and manufacture renewable energy equipment that can be exported. Producing ‘green jobs’ by Staff / Las Vegas Sun The 20 signs found Monday come from a mother lode of 10,000 put together by SEIU members with $14,000 in SEIU funds - a thank-you, no doubt, for Hahn's extreme generosity to city workers, paid for with public cash. EDITORIAL SIGNS OF ABUSE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) It provides a central source for cartoonists and gag writers to track their progress, keep abreast of editors' needs, "and mine a mother lode of mirth for new ideas," according to editor-in-chief and publisher Bill Keough. Congratulations to by The Newsletter on Newsletters			a matter of opinion a matter of record a matter of time a meal ticket a means to an end a medallion man a meeting of minds a meeting of the minds a melting pot a ménage à trois a merchant of doom a mess of a middle-aged spread a mile a minute a mile away a mile off a millstone around neck a mind of own a mine of information a misery guts A miss is as good as a mile a mixed bag a Monday morning quarterback a money-spinner a monkey on back a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game a mummy's boy a mutual admiration society a mystery to a name to conjure with a narrow escape a near miss a necessary evil a needle in a haystack a nest egg a never-never land a new ballgame a new broom a new lease on life a New Man a nice little earner a night owl a nine-day wonder a nip and tuck a nip in the air a no-show a no-win situation			A miss is as good as a mile a mite a mite a mite a mite a mixed bag A Mobile Ventures Group A mode A Model Mortgage Group, Inc. A Modest Destiny A Modular Operating Kernel A Moment to Remember A Momentary Lapse of Reason A Mon Avis À Mon Humble Avis A Mon Humble Opinion À Mon Très Humble Avis a Monday morning quarterback a money-spinner a monkey on back a monkey on back a monkey on back a monkey on back a monkey on back A month mind A More Peaceful World A More Perfect Union a mote in eye a mote in eye a mote in eye a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game A Multi-Phase Transport Model A Multicentre Evaluation of Neuropathy in Diabetes A Multiscalar Supercomputer a mummy'mother's boy a mummy's boy A Murder of Crows A Murine Systemic Senile Amyloid A murrain on you a mutual admiration society A Mutually-Orthogonal Usercode Receiver a mystery to A N Other a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin a nail in the coffin A Naked World a name to conjure with A Name-Value Language a narrow escape a nasty bit of work a nasty bit of work a nasty piece of work a nasty piece of work

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