good-omen

Updated: July 11, 2025

Honest John Peerybingle, Carrier; his pretty little wife, whom he called Dot; the very remarkable doll of a baby; the dog Boxer; and the Cricket on the Hearth, whose cheerful chirp, chirp, chirp, was a continual family blessing and good-omen; were collectively and severally the objects of Tilly's unbounded admiration.

Kate Dickinson Sweetser - Ten Girls from Dickens