good breeding
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Poor sanitation in some densely populated urban areas was a good breeding ground for cholera, he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
In part, that’s because Elizabeth Ann is likely to have just a few good breeding years, and annual litters average only three to five kits.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 13, 2022
Distinctions of wealth and talent continued to exist in America, but republican leaders increasingly attributed their success to hard work and personal merit instead of birth and good breeding.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
With his talent and looks, his good breeding and passable manners, Paul could easily sell out and settle into a version of Hal’s cushy, corrupt existence.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2011
It means that he is a puffin of good breeding, possessing the qualities of honor and bravery.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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