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"MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS" is a plural of: mother carey's chicken. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Mother Carey's Chickens Stormy petrels. Mother Carey is Mater Cara. The French call these birds oiseaux de Notre Dame or aves Sanct&aeigh; Mariae. Chickens are the young of any fowl, or any small bird. "They are called the `sailor's' friends, come to warn them of an approaching storm; and it is most unlucky to kill them. The legend is that each bird contains the soul of a dead seaman." (See Captain Marryat: Poor Jack, where the superstition is fully related.) Mother Carey's Goose. The great Black Petrel or Fulmar of the Pacific Ocean. Mother Carey is plucking her goose. It is snowing. (See Hulda.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS |
| Specialty definitions using "MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS": Birds. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 4F 54 48 45 52 43 41 52 45 59 27 53 43 48 49 43 4B 45 4E 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010010 01000101 01011001 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000011 01001000 01001001 01000011 01001011 01000101 01001110 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O T H E R   C A R E Y ' S   C H I C K E N S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 004F 0054 0048 0045 0052 0043 0041 0052 0045 0059 0027 0053 0043 0048 0049 0043 004B 0045 004E 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4749544239522373552395995323742433745394853 |
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