/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Stormy Petrel (A)
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An ill omen; a bad augury.
“Dr. von Esmarch is regarded at court as a stormy petrel, and every effort was made to conceal his visit to the German emperor.”—The World, 6th April, 1892, p. 15.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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