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
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
"It's my good-luck piece," he explained, and he needed it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wants to do it, to make Frank and Gimpy happy and have them like him, and to get the bright good-luck piece that Gimpy has promised him.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
