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Meaning of one for luck | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An extra repetition of an action beyond what is needed.

Examples

“"Here's one for luck, anyway," said one of the others, and he lifted his pistol and fired into the brush. The troop laughed light-heartedly, and turned back toward town. But the shot for luck struck Lean John's horse, and it fell with a groan.”
“As he reached the wicket, Yardley, the England captain, led three cheers (he forgot the 'and one for luck').”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

one for the road one guy one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen one hundred percent one hundred percent American one in a million

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