pluckier; pluckiest
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Our plucky gal has found a new project manager: a man in a vest with a button-up shirt!
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
The clip begins with Elmo noticing Garfield not being his normal, plucky self.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2024
This is the premise of The Shooting Star, a comic book starring the plucky young Belgian journalist Tintin, published in 1942.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
How ever will these plucky kids solve their problems, learn to be better people, and have a holiday to remember?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
The clip begins with Elmo noticing Garfield not being his normal, plucky self.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2024
This is the premise of The Shooting Star, a comic book starring the plucky young Belgian journalist Tintin, published in 1942.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
How ever will these plucky kids solve their problems, learn to be better people, and have a holiday to remember?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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