"Acushla," she said to me one night after a theological discussion, "sure ye remind me of a ducklin' hatched by a hen."
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
Business is a funny game, Ted; with all your eggs in one basket you can't count your chickens before they're hatched.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
When the bevy of beauties are fully hatched, the male descends from his eminence and spends his time in assisting care and watchfulness.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs