like a martin to his gourd

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(deprecated template usage) like a martin to his gourd

  1. (simile, US, regional) Straight, unerringly, directly.
    • 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
      The ball flew to its mark like a martin to his gourd and Lucky Ned Pepper fell dead in the saddle.
    • 2008, Paul Self, No Lower Place, p. 219:
      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.