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pluckiness - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
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noun plucky .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
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Gumption, pluckiness , and impassiveness were the qualities that helped my parents, part of the generation who lived through World War II, prevail.
In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010
Little Orphan Annie bid adieu to newsprint over the summer, after 86 years of blank-eyed pluckiness .
Brenda Starr exits cartoon land: another funereal toll for journalism? Melissa Bell 2010
More, the charming pluckiness they projected before the All-Star break, when they were challenging for first place in their division, is gone, overshadowed by the alleged transgressions of two superstars.
It's the Bad News Mets 2010
Through their first 30 games, the Mets had shown a charming pluckiness in going 17-13, one that suggested they were capable of defying the presumption that they would finish in the bottom tier of their division for the second straight season.
A Queasy Feeling in Queens as the Mets Revert to Type 2010
Aside from that, I enjoyed this wholesome tribute to the pluckiness of the American spirit.
Weekly Mishmash: August 3-9 : Scrubbles.net 2008
Other than this quirky pluckiness , Victoria is very likable.
[review] The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason « Urban Fantasy Land 2008
Aside from that, I enjoyed this wholesome tribute to the pluckiness of the American spirit.
2008 August : Scrubbles.net 2008
But apparently millions of Americans like Palin's underdog feminist saga, and her can-do pluckiness .
Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008
This story takes an idea more common to the mystery genre, wherein the story is told through the pov of the lovable feline who pluckiness manages to save the day.
October 9th, 2008 douglascohen 2008
Milljöh, which renders the French word milieu into the Berlin dialect, became a half-mocking, half-affectionate term used all over Germany to convey the desperate pluckiness of Berlin's sprawling slums.
Rare Works Shown in Rothko Retrospective 2008
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