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luckling

luckling noun: one favoured by luck or fortune.

Noun

luckling (plural lucklings)

  1. One favoured by luck or fortune.
    • And how excessive is the conceit likely to be of the few inordinately flattered lucklings of an hour, on a single day in July last, in Saratoga!1876, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher
    • Our little lambkin, waxwing, luckling, all the cordial choir are Noah-calling you now: [...]2007, Greg Delanty, The Ship of Birth

Forms of luckling

plurallucklings

Origin of luckling

From luck + -ling.

Questions about luckling

What does luckling mean?
Luckling means one favoured by luck or fortune.
What part of speech is luckling?
Luckling is a noun.
What is the plural of luckling?
The plural of luckling is lucklings.

Words near luckling in the dictionary

  1. Luckings
  2. Luckington
  3. luckless
  4. lucklessly
  5. lucklessness
  6. luckling
  7. lucklings
  8. Luckman
  9. Lucknawi
  10. Lucknow
  11. Lucknow Division

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