subs. phr. (colloquial).—Children. [In allusion to Psalm cxxviii. 4, in Book of Common Prayer.]
1688. PRIOR, The Mice.
| May you ne’er meet with feuds or babble, | |
| May OLIVE-BRANCHES crown your table! |
1888. Harper’s Magazine, lxxvi. 791. There were hardly quarter’s enough for the bachelors, let alone those blessed with wife and OLIVE BRANCHES.
