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Crucible curse

Crucible curse noun: the superstition that a first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre will fail to win again the following year.

Noun

Crucible curse

  1. The superstition that a first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre will fail to win again the following year.

Questions about Crucible curse

What does Crucible curse mean?
Crucible curse means the superstition that a first-time winner of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre will fail to win again the following year.
What part of speech is Crucible curse?
Crucible curse is a noun.

Words near Crucible curse in the dictionary

  1. cruciates
  2. cruciating
  3. cruciation
  4. cruciations
  5. crucible
  6. Crucible curse
  7. crucible steel
  8. crucible steels
  9. crucibles
  10. crucicentric
  11. crucifer

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