stormy petrel
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But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good luck charm now, and a loud one.
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2015
Denver Lawyer James Gaius Watt, 42, scarcely looks like a stormy petrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was argued that H. L. Mencken, stormy petrel of American criticism, has written a learned book on the subject.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Colonel Mitchell but in different manner and degree, Rear Admiral William Sowden Sims, retired, has been a stormy petrel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The stormy petrel is supposed to herald bad weather, and the great auk to tell that land is very near.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin
