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"text": "He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays."
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"text": "She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles."
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"text": "How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?"
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"ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 63",
"text": "He generally falls backwards and sometimes succumbs to the fever which ensues; hence as soon as the ordeal is over the women are prodigal of their attentions to him, and rub the swollen arm with a particular kind of herb.",
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"ref": "1974, James Herriot, Vet in Harness, page 201",
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