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like a martin to his gourd en · X
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(US, qualifier:simile, regional) Straight, unerringly, directly.
Whether all of the above was reason enough I don't know, but I left East St. Louis and, like a martin to its gourd, I headed back to the cotton fields of southeastern Missouri.
2008, Paul Self, No Lower Place, page 219:The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.
1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
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