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plucky

 [pluhk-ee]  

pluck·y

   [pluhk-ee]
adjective, pluck·i·er, pluck·i·est.
having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
Origin:
1820–30; pluck + -y1

Related forms
pluck·i·ly, adverb
pluck·i·ness, noun

Synonyms
courageous, determined; cheerful; spunky, spirited.

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Plucky is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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plucky (ˈplʌkɪ)
 
—adj , pluckier, pluckiest
having or showing courage in the face of difficulties, danger, etc
 
'pluckily
 
—adv
 
'pluckiness
 
—n

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