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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “one hundred and the mother”.
Noun
ciento y la madre
- (idiomatic) a lot of people; everyone and their mother
1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:Los Samaniegos, oriundos, como los Morenos, del país de Mena también son ciento y la madre. Ya sabemos que la hija segunda de Gumersindo Arnaiz, hermana de Jacinta, casó con Pepe Samaniego, hijo de un droguista arruinado de la Concepción Jerónima... Hay muchos Samaniegos en el comercio menudo […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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