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albatross noun- a very sick, incurable hospital patient, lingering near death US, 1985
- — Maledicta, p. 117, 1984–1985
- a Grumman HU-16 amphibian aircraft, best known as a rescue aircraft during the Korean and Vietnam wars US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 6, 1991
- cooked chicken UK
Royal Navy use; presumably inspired by Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”. - — John W. Mussell, The Token Book of Militarisms, p. 7, 1995
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