lucky piece
Example Sentences
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It turned out to be her lucky piece, yielding a “surprisingly high” amount of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, she says.
From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023
It was there in 1947 that Sarah staged "my lucky piece," Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea, a one-act opera based on J.M.
From Time Magazine Archive
New Year's Eve in New York was his lucky piece.
From Time Magazine Archive
Big Hank Greenberg rubbed a lucky piece of bone on his bat, strode thoughtfully to the plate, and slammed a grand-slam homer into the left field bleachers.
From Time Magazine Archive
“That cat was our lucky piece for six years. Not one of the men would have weighed anchor without her.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
