Mother Carey's chicken
Example Sentences
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I haven’t got the heart of a Mother Carey’s chicken.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“Here’s a Mother Carey’s chicken come aboard!” cried Sam Weeks, making for the poor tired thing to catch it.
From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by Overend, William Heysham
This little schooner was in ballast, and skimmed over the seas like a Mother Carey's chicken; ranged up on our weather quarter and hailed us.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
We had him, now on our weather bow, and now crossing our course, and, once in a while, in our wake, as if he had been a Mother Carey's chicken looking for our crumbs.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore
I am never tired of the calms, and I enjoy a stiff gale like a Mother Carey’s chicken, so long as I can be on deck or in the captain’s cabin.
From Letters from the Cape by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady
