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- when one's ship comes in
when one's ship comes in
when one's ship comes in
When one has made one's fortune, as in When my ship comes in I'll get a Mercedes or better. This term alludes to ships returning from far-off places with a cargo of valuables. It may be obsolescent. [Mid-1800s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Oriol | | - | Catalan |
| Mitxel | | - | Basque |
| Debbora | | - | Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
| Josse | | - | French (Rare), Medieval French |
| Platon | | - | Ancient Greek, Greek, Russian |
| Aldegar | | - | Ancient Germanic |