Luckling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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!"

Example

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"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!"

Etymology

From luck + -ling.

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