Brewer's: Ostrich Stomachs

Strong stomachs which will digest anything. The ostrich swallows large stones to aid its gizzard, and when confined where it cannot obtain them will swallow pieces of iron or copper, bricks, or glass.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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