one for luck

noun

An extra repetition of an action beyond what is needed.

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Meanings

noun

alternative one more for luck

  1. An extra repetition of an action beyond what is needed.

    As he reached the wicket, Yardley, the England captain, led three cheers (he forgot the 'and one for luck').

    2013, Simon Hughes, Cricket's Greatest Rivalry
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    "Here's one for luck, anyway," said one of the others, and he lifted his pistol and fired into the brush. The troop laughed light-heartedly, and turned back toward town. But the shot for luck struck Lean John's horse, and it fell with a groan.

    1905, Charles Fletcher Lummis, Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New
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