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luck dragon

noun

Etymology

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).

  1. derived from term Glücksdrache

Definitions

  1. A fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine…

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

    • “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.”

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