Mother Carey's chicken
Example Sentences
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It was significant, this nightcap of Admiral Buzza—as the ram's horn to Jericho, the Mother Carey's chicken to the doomed ship.
From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
The Spaniard was hardly a mile to windward, a long, low, rakish craft, as black as a Mother Carey’s chicken.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon
"Ay, and ye see Mother Carey's chicken yonder," said Danny, pointing where the stormy petrel was scudding close to a white wave and uttering a dismal cry.
From She's All the World to Me by Caine, Hall, Sir
You don’t want me to take in sail surely with this wind, you old Mother Carey’s chicken?
From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
It is known to every English sailor by the name of Mother Carey's chicken.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
