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plucky
[pluhk-ee]
adjective
having or showing pluck or courage; brave.
The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
Synonyms: , , , ,
plucky
/ ˈʌɪ /
adjective
having or showing courage in the face of difficulties, danger, etc
Other 51Թ Forms
- pluckily adverb
- pluckiness noun
- ˈܳ쾱 adverb
- ˈܳ쾱Ա noun
Example Sentences
She was the plucky underdog who, through sheer grit and a knack for a good headline, pushed her Ultimo bra concept onto the marketplace and into the high street's biggest shops.
Here are a few pictures of those plucky people, who helped raise some £40,000 for Essex charities.
Public opinion may well reward a plucky fight for the soul of the nation — and if it doesn’t, then the republic was already lost.
A smothering USC press would eventually put a stop to Greensboro’s plucky start.
Were it not for the tenacity of two plucky London architects in the early 1990s and their unwavering vision, London's skyline - and the capital's New Year's Eve fireworks celebrations - would be significantly different today.
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