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mother lode

 noun
     
mother lode , moth‧er‧lode [countable usually singular] American English
1HETI a mine that is full of gold, silver etc
2 a place where you can find a lot of a particular type of object
mother lode of
The Sharper Image catalog is a mother lode of men's gadgets and toys.
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