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prodigal son
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    "The prodigal son," Nora said contentedly, and she smiled across the table at Petey.†  (source)
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    "I see you let the prodigal son in, sir," Coleman said.†  (source)
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    They've never seen a fallen tithe before, much less one who, like the prodigal son, has renounced his sins and returned to the fold.†  (source)
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    After that it was a cafeteria-style dinner, quiet time for personal devotions, and lights out at 10:00 p.m. That first week at Teen Challenge, Adam heard the parable of the prodigal son.†  (source)
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    Tranny gets the full Prodigal Son welcome: crying, hysterical fat ladies, a swarm of little kids piling out of their hammocks, sucking their thumbs and jumping up and down.†  (source)
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    My old friend Stucks Buckley, who had taken to calling me a prodigal son despite not knowing how to pronounce the word, or what its meaning was.†  (source)
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    The wicked wolf that for a half a day had paralyzed London and set all the children in town shivering in their shoes, was there in a sort of penitent mood, and was received and petted like a sort of vulpine prodigal son.†  (source)
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    I felt like the Prodigal Son.†  (source)
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    Your prodigal son has returned.†  (source)
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    D'Courtney stepped toward Reich, smiling, his arms outstretched as though welcoming a prodigal son.†  (source)
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    It may not be a grand feast by traditional standards, but it is a feast, as called for upon the return of the Prodigal Son, even if the son turns out to be a daughter.†  (source)
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    Don't be afraid, you prodigal son, I won't make a scandal.†  (source)
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    Well, mama, since I last wrote you things have been coming my way and it now looks as if the "Prodigal Son" will come home some day in his own private car.†  (source)
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