Pluck

Definitions

1. An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
   countable, uncountable
2. The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
   countable, uncountable
3. Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
   figuratively, informal, uncountable
4. Cheap wine.
   slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.”

“If you find⟳ yourself in this position, there is nothing for it but to haul out using external assistance. This may be from a friend who will give⟳ you a pluck off the wall, or you may be able to manage⟳ from your own⟳ resources.”

“He didn't get⟳ far with the attempt⟳, but you have⟳ to admire his pluck.”

“Pen had a very good mare, and rode her with uncommon pluck and grace. He took his fences with great coolness, and yet with judgment, and without bravado.”

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