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Definition of Pluckier
1. plucky [adj] - See also: plucky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pluckier
Literary usage of Pluckier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1876)
"... and what I might have done if I had a pluckier set of men, I hope that on my
arrival in England it will bo found that I have done a fair amount towards ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"If a stouter or pluckier male chances to come that way, a battle royal ensues,
and the victor takes the place of the vanquished. ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1920)
""Yes, I '11 own up there never was a pluckier little fighter than you have been.
But now I want you to do a harder thing; I want you to obey one more order ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"As she couldn't go out to "join hands" with him, the advertiser travelled to
England and "joined hands" here. Which was the pluckier of the two? ..."
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