Mother Carey's chicken
Example Sentences
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Mother Carey's chicken hovers near when the elements are at strife.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
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
There is another interesting thing about Mother Carey's chicken, and that is, that he is also called petrel, from the Italian 'Petrello,' or Little Peter.
From Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Taylor, Benjamin
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
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)
