the answer to a maiden's prayer in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the June Valli song \"The Answer to a Maiden's Prayer\" (1959)",
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          "ref": "25 September 1969, Sir Henry Bolte, quoted in Peter Blazey, Bolte: A Political Biography (1972)",
          "text": "Bolte may not be the answer to a maiden's prayer. But who else is there?"
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        "An attractive man, considered as an eligible bachelor."
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          "word": "God's gift to women"
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  "word": "the answer to a maiden's prayer"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "From the June Valli song \"The Answer to a Maiden's Prayer\" (1959)",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "the answer to a maiden's prayer",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "God's gift to women"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "25 September 1969, Sir Henry Bolte, quoted in Peter Blazey, Bolte: A Political Biography (1972)",
          "text": "Bolte may not be the answer to a maiden's prayer. But who else is there?"
        }
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"the answer to a maiden's prayer" meaning in English

Noun