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
Tall, curly-haired, arrogant, he has a penchant for big cigars, for calling himself "a stormy petrel."
From Time Magazine Archive
William Mitchell, onetime stormy petrel of U. S. aviation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Denver Lawyer James Gaius Watt, 42, scarcely looks like 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 Benjamin Taylor
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