Luckling
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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