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plucky

adj
/ˈplʌki/

Etymology

From pluck (“nerve, persistence”) + -y.

  1. inherited from *plukkōną✻
  2. inherited from *plukkōn✻
  3. inherited from pluccian
  4. inherited from plucken
  5. formed as plucky — “pluck + -y”

Definitions

  1. Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.

    • For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury, / Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century
    • "Dam' plucky of you, fixing it up like that. I kept that copper talking...give you a chance. By George, you did it perfectly."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA