bluebird

bluebird
 n.— «Welch got rid of a strategic albratross, got a strategic bluebird, got essentially $1 billion in the hopper, and got out of the consumer electronics business.» —“Roundtable Discussion Audio Video Home Products” Wall Street Transcript Dec. 21, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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