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litter

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litter
1. a group of offspring produced at one birth by a mammal such as a sow
2. a layer of partly decomposed leaves, twigs, etc., on the ground in a wood or forest


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And certainly it was he that caused the mother the most trouble in keeping her litter from the mouth of the cave.
A BITCH, ready to whelp, earnestly begged a shepherd for a place where she might litter.
The litter stopped under a lamp before it had passed him half-a-dozen paces, for some readjustment of the burden; and, the crowd stopping too, he found himself in the midst of the array.
 
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