COMSTOCK LODE

PRONUNCIATION: (KUHM/KOM-stahk LOHD)

MEANING: noun: A rich supply or source, especially one that seems inexhaustible.

ETYMOLOGY: After Henry T.P. Comstock (c. 1820-1870), a prospector whose name is attached to the rich silver-and-gold deposit discovered in 1859 near what is now Virginia City, Nevada. Earliest documented use: 1866.
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COM STORK LODE - urging the bird to wrap the babies in blankets before taking them out for delivery

SOM STOCK LODE - you mean some of the cattle mooed?

COM-STiCK LODE - a whole bunch of wands which you could use to talk to other people