(person) by EverybodysCyclopedia Sat Apr 05 2003 at 4:31:18

Bird of Ill Omen, a phrase often applied to a person who is regarded as unlucky; one who is in the habit of bringing ill news. The ancients thought that some birds indicated good luck, and others ill.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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