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revenge of the cradle; revenge of the nursery noun Quebec’s high birthrate, perceived as being in retaliation for the loss of the province to England by France CANADA- Quebec’s answer was a high birthrate, epitomized in an article in a French Canadian nationalist magazine titled “The Revenge of the Cradle.” — Winnipeg Tribune, p. 6/6, 6 February 1964
- The pro-natality [sic?] suggestions are merely a revival of the traditional “revanche du berceau” (the revenge of the nursery) which led past generations of the nationalists in Quebec to imagine that high birth rates could outstrip hordes of immigrants. — Toronto Globe and Mail, p. 8/3, 1 April 1967
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