plenty's horn

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plenty's horn (plural plenty's horns)

  1. Alternative form of horn of plenty
    • 1843, Charles Dickens, chapter 3, in A Christmas Carol:
      In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door.