stork

a visit from the stork

euphemism The birth of a baby. (The legend of babies being delivered by white storks is ancient, but was popularized by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Storks.") A: "I heard Tom and Jane are already expecting another visit from the stork." B: "Again? But their first son is less than a year old!" When are you and Tom going to get a visit from the stork and give me a grandkid or two, hmm?
See also: stork, visit

keep the stork busy

euphemism To have many children. Young people in this region have always kept the stork busy, with teen pregnancies higher here than anywhere else in the country. They'd probably have more money if they didn't keep the stork so busy.
See also: busy, keep, stork

keep the stork flying

euphemism To have many children. Young people in this region have always kept the stork flying, with teen pregnancies higher here than anywhere else in the country. They'd probably have more money if they didn't keep the stork flying so often.
See also: flying, keep, stork

storked

slang Pregnant. From the stork's role in European folklore of delivering babies to new parents. I heard Jennifer got storked at band camp in her senior year. We had already decided that three kids was our limit, but we ended up coming back from the vacation storked.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

keep the stork flying

 and keep the stork busy
Rur. to have lots of children. Sally's pregnant again, with their sixth. They sure do keep the stork flying! Grandma and grandpa kept the stork flying. I've got ten aunts and uncles.
See also: flying, keep, stork

visit from the stork

Fig. a birth. (According to legend, babies are brought to their parents by a stork.) I hear that Maria is expecting a visit from the stork. The young couple had a visit from the stork.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

storked

mod. pregnant. She got herself good and storked. Now what?
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visit from the stork

n. the birth of a baby. The last visit from the stork was in March.
See also: stork, visit
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a visit from the stork
  • be expecting
  • be gathered to (one's) fathers
  • maker
  • a bit of how's your father
  • chesterfield rugby
  • a spot of how's your father
  • between jobs
  • big with child
  • between projects
References in periodicals archive
It is a drop compared with 2017 when 1,314 stork couples were recorded.In 1934, there were 2,219 couples nesting in Slovakia but only 1,018 white stork couples nested in Slovakia back in 1984.This was caused not only by a lack of food and suitable nesting spots in Slovakia over the years but also by the fact that not all white storks make it to Africa and die on their way there.
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John Stork went to work for Giardinelli, learning the basic skills required to manufacture mouthpieces by hand.
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Sheila Walker, animal collections manager at Blair Drummond, said: "White storks migrate long distances in large flocks and unfortunately, when making these journeys, some will accidentally collide with power lines and other large man-made obstacles which are difficult to spot.
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The big bill birds in the park, also known as storks, are really worth watching.
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Stjepan Vokic looks after Malena the stork when her male mate Klepetan is migrating.
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It was her immense love for the endangered species of the adjutant stork, locally known as the 'Hargila' in Assamese, which led 37 year old Purnima on a crusade to save these birds.
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The Stork OTC assists the chances of becoming pregnant by using cervical cap insemination.
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Also, the company said that pursuant to the contract Stork will continue to deliver a portfolio of specialist asset integrity support services to the Armada, Everest and Lomond offshore production platforms in the Central North Sea.
Fkuor's company Stork wins asset integrity contract from Chrysaor for undisclosed amount
Kaluga's group called "Grupa Ekologiczna" repairs storks' nests and builds supports to keep nests from toppling over.
Poland's love affair with the white stork, every summer
When they are accidentally landed with a real baby, the storks set off to deliver it to the right address, pursued by a wacky pack of wolves.
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BIRDS of a computer-animated feather flock together in Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland's lightweight family adventure where the gift of parenthood comes from cloudless blue skies courtesy of storks, who deliver baby boys and girls to tearful parents.
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The myth of the stork delivering babies is certainly an entrenched part of our culture, and a long time ago it was a convenient wink of a way to explain procreation to young children.
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Apparently so do white storks. According to new research from the University of East Anglia, these long-necked, migratory birds are making round-trips of almost 100 kilometers to get their fill of food dumped in landfills.
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(NYSE: FLR) has closed an agreement with UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners to acquire 100% of Dutch maintenance provider Stork Holding B.V.
Fluor Closes EUR 695m Acquisition of Stork Industrial Services