good-luck piece
Example Sentences
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His movies were so popular that, according to Mr. Kirk, Disney once introduced him to Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper by saying, “This is my good-luck piece here.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021
His movies were so popular that, according to Kirk, Disney once introduced him to Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper by saying, “This is my good-luck piece here.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021
"It's my good-luck piece," he explained, and he needed it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He superstitiously credits her with being a good-luck piece, and is apt to blame failures, like his dismal showing in the 1946 Broadway musical Three to Make Ready, on her periodic resignations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crowds adored him, shouting “Ride ’em, cowboy!” as he powered down the stretch on his good-luck piece, a battered kangaroo leather saddle once carried by Phar Lap, the greatest racehorse in Australian history.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
