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ALBATROSS
1798 COLERIDGE ‘Ancient Mariner’ I st. 20, 11 st. 3. ‘God save thee, ancyent Marinere! From the fiends that plague thee thus—Why look'st thou so?’—with my cross bow I shot the Albatross … And I had done an hellish thing And it would work 'em woe: For all averr'd, I had kill'd the Bird That made the Breeze to blow.

1929 E. MARJORIBANKS Life of Marshall Hall 29. One day he did a terrible thing: he repeated the sin of the Ancient Mariner. ‘Saturday, Sept. 20th … Shot … an albatross measuring about 18 ft. from tip to tip.’

1934 Daily Mail 14 Apr. 34. Around the Dornoch Firth ...

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