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What (who) is mother lode - definition
Mother lode
PRINCIPAL VEIN OR ZONE OF GOLD OR SILVER ORE
Mother Lode; Motherlode; California Mother Lode; Mother load
Mother lode is a principal vein or zone of gold or silver ore. The term is also used colloquially to refer to the real or imaginary origin of something valuable or in great abundance.
mother lode
PRINCIPAL VEIN OR ZONE OF GOLD OR SILVER ORE
Mother Lode; Motherlode; California Mother Lode; Mother load
¦ noun Mining a principal vein of an ore or mineral.
Thierry Lodé
FRENCH BIOLOGIST
Thierry Lode; Lodé
Thierry Lodé (born 1956 in Tarbes) is a French biologist and professor of evolutionary ecology in a CNRS lab at the University of Rennes 1.
Examples of use of mother lode
1. There also was what he called the "mother lode," a locked drawer full of crime mementos that he kept stored at his work.
2. And now, in offering a $200 collection that, let‘s be honest, only the diehards are gonna buy, Fox has still failed to deliver the mother lode of extras.
3. Besides Fraser, who directed his father in an adventure film, "Mother Lode," the Hestons had a daughter, Holly Ann, born Aug. 2, 1'61.
4. There also was what he called the mother lode,‘‘ a locked drawer full of crime mementos that he kept stored at his work.
5. John Kerry (D–Mass.) grabbed an empty seat next to Obama and struck up a conversation –– scoring a mother lode of photographs.