Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plucky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. {Pluckier}; superl. {Pluckiest}.]
Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
--Barham.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plucky
adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
challenger" [syn: {feisty}, {spunky}]
2: showing courage in the face of danger; "a plucky lampooner
of the administration"
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