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luck dragon

luck dragon noun: a fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine head, unfailing in its serendipity.

Noun

luck dragon (plural luck dragons)

  1. A fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine head, unfailing in its serendipity.
    • Like literally, the last line of the movie is a new plotline. It's a never-ending story, but with no luckdragon.2006 July 7, Douglas Sarine (guest), “'Pirates' Any Good? Ask a Ninja, If You Dare”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio
    • “I am Princess Tessiyon Windmere and captain of my ship I am to go back to. And yourself?” said she. / “I am Zandor, I am a luck dragon,” he replied. / “You sure are indeed. It was my luck that saved me, you came.”2008, Kyann Zorain, The Stones of the Hidden Power: The Fight for Freedom, page 90

Examples of luck dragon in a sentence

  • His first magical creature was a bonsai tiger called Jack (of the tabby variety), followed by a small luck dragon named Daisy.2009 March 1, Sam Bowring, The Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures, Macmillan, preface:
  • Too bad I couldn’t ride a luck dragon out of this place.2010 March 15, Paul Y. Csige, The Symphony of Leif, CsiMec Incorporated, page 127

Forms of luck dragon

pluralluck dragons
alternative formluckdragon

Origin of luck dragon

A calque of the German term Glücksdrache, coined in The Neverending Story (1983) (translated by Ralph Manheim from the original Die Unendliche Geschichte (1979) by Michael Ende).

Questions about luck dragon

What does luck dragon mean?
Luck dragon means a fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine head, unfailing in its serendipity.
How do you use luck dragon in a sentence?
His first magical creature was a bonsai tiger called Jack (of the tabby variety), followed by a small luck dragon named Daisy.
What part of speech is luck dragon?
Luck dragon is a noun.
What is the plural of luck dragon?
The plural of luck dragon is luck dragons.

Words near luck dragon in the dictionary

  1. lucivee
  2. lucivees
  3. luck
  4. luck ball
  5. luck balls
  6. luck dragon
  7. luck dragons
  8. luck in
  9. luck into
  10. luck money
  11. luck of the devil

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