luckling

noun

Etymology

From luck + -ling.

  1. derived from *galukki
  2. derived from luc
  3. inherited from luk
  4. suffixed as luckling — “luck + ling

Definitions

  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!
    • Our little lambkin, waxwing, luckling, all the cordial choir are Noah-calling you now: [...]

The neighborhood

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