prodigal son
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]With reference to Luke 15:11–32.
Noun
[edit]prodigal son (plural prodigal sons)
- Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behaviour.
- 2010, “Enter Dog of Pavlov”, performed by Soilwork:
- Here I am, the prodigal son
The self proclaimed deprived
Spending hours of fighting the peace
When I should lay it on the line
- A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).
Translations
[edit]one who returns
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cobia — see cobia
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- prodigal son on Wikipedia.Wikipedia