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keep the stork flying

 and keep the stork busy

Rur. to have lots of children. Sally's pregnant again, with their sixth. They sure do keep the stork flying! Grandma and grandpa kept the stork flying. I've got ten aunts and uncles.

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visit from the stork

Fig. a birth. (According to legend, babies are brought to their parents by a stork.) I hear that Maria is expecting a visit from the stork. The young couple had a visit from the stork.

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storked

mod. pregnant. She got herself good and storked. Now what?

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visit from the stork

n. the birth of a baby. The last visit from the stork was in March.

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