PLUCK, PLUCKY
ADJECTIVES
– GALLOWS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance …1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GALLUS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance …1865 Eng. dial.
– GAME AS NED KELLY plucky, courageous, willing to go up against overwhelming odds …1930s Aust. sl.
– GAMEY spirited, plucky; showing fight to the last …1844
– GAMON’D plucky, courageous, ‘game’ …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAMY spirited, plucky; showing fight to the last …1844
– GOOD-WOOLLED of persons: having plenty of dash and pluck, spirited; gifted with unflinching courage …1847 Eng. dial.
– GUTSBALL courageous, spirited, plucky; robust …1963 Amer. sl.
– GUTSY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust …1890 Amer. sl.
– GUTTY courageous, brave, spirited, plucky, robust …1942 Amer. sl.
– RARE GAM plucky, spirited …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SPUNKIE plucky, mettlesome …B1900 Sc.
– V.C. plucky, courageous …L19 sl. (Victoria Cross)
NOUNS
1773 ► SPUNK spirit, mettle; courage, pluck
1824 ► GAME courage, pluck, spirit, endurance → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
M19. ► HACKLE courage, pluck → sl.
1867 ► SAND courage; tenacity; stamina; pluck; determination; perseverance; obstinacy → Amer. dial.
1888 ► GAM gameness, pluck → sl. obs.
1897 ► SANDINESS the quality of having ‘sand’ or pluck → US sl.
1898 ► APPROOF courage, pluck tried by experience → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SAVOUR wit, spirit, pluck → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1799 ► BLUE HEN’S CHICKEN a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck → Amer. dial.
1965 ► BLUE HEN’S CHICK a good fighter; a person with spirit or pluck → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1950 ► HAVE HAIR ON ONE’S CHEST to be brave, to be plucky → sl.
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