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plucky

[ pluhk-ee ]

adjective

pluckier, pluckiest.
  1. having or showing pluck or courage; brave:

    The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.

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plucky

/ 藞辫濒蕦办瑟 /

adjective

  1. having or showing courage in the face of difficulties, danger, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫濒耻肠办颈濒测, adverb
  • 藞辫濒耻肠办颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫濒耻肠办顎僫路濒测 adverb
  • 辫濒耻肠办顎僫路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of plucky1

First recorded in 1820鈥30; pluck + -y 1
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Public opinion may well reward a plucky fight for the soul of the nation 鈥 and if it doesn鈥檛, then the republic was already lost.

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A smothering USC press would eventually put a stop to Greensboro鈥檚 plucky start.

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Were it not for the tenacity of two plucky London architects in the early 1990s and their unwavering vision, London's skyline - and the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks celebrations - would be significantly different today.

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The actor who voiced the plucky PC Mukherjee in the latest hit Wallace and Gromit film has said she is pinching herself ahead of a "quite insane" trip to the Oscars.

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But the Oakland Zoo is hopeful that the plucky young primate will make a full recovery.

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