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prodigal returned

noun as in prodigal son

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Despite being jettisoned at fly-half when the prodigal returned in the autumn, Kinghorn is playing some of the best stuff of his life in his new-old role.

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When the prodigal returned, he was set down at the table with the father.

It was a thanksgiving supper, he said, for the prodigal returned, and he wanted to eat it there, all by themselves; and so he went out and ordered the best of everything that could be provided sent there, and then as happy a party sat down as ever enjoyed a supper in New York.

The beat hero of the 1950s shows himself to be the prodigal returned in this autobiographical novel of a man who regains his innocence.

The beat hero of the 1950s shows himself to be the prodigal returned in this autobiographical novel of a man who regains his innocence.

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