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Prodigal son

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behavior.

    "Here I am, the prodigal son The self proclaimed deprived Spending hours of fighting the peace When I should lay it on the line"

  2. 2
    A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

Etymology

With reference to Luke 15:11–32.

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