Mother Carey's chicken
Example Sentences
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"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
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)
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
It is known to every English sailor by the name of Mother Carey's chicken.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
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
