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luck dragon en · NOUN

Etymology

A calque of the German term Glücksdrache, coined in The Neverending Story (1983) (translated by Ralph Manheim from the original Die Unendliche Geschichte (1979) by Michael Ende).

Meanings

1. A fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine head, unfailing in its serendipity.
   • “I am Princess Tessiyon Windmere and captain of my ship I am to go back to. And yourself?” said she. / “I am Zandor, I am a luck dragon,” he replied. / “You sure are indeed. It was my luck that saved me, you came.” 2008, Kyann Zorain, The Stones of the Hidden Power: The Fight for Freedom, page 90:
   • His first magical creature was a bonsai tiger called Jack (of the tabby variety), followed by a small luck dragon named Daisy. Sometimes people mistook Daisy for a spaniel, but you could tell she was a luck dragon because she had big floppy ears. 2009 March 1, Sam Bowring, The Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures, Macmillan, preface:
   • 2006 July 7, Douglas Sarine (guest), “'Pirates' Any Good? Ask a Ninja, If You Dare”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio Like literally, the last line of the movie is a new plotline. It's a never-ending story, but with no luckdragon.
   • I liked that there was no bright light but the perpetual clouds and drizzle were depressing. It was like The Nothing was coming. Too bad I couldn’t ride a luck dragon out of this place. 2010 March 15, Paul Y. Csige, The Symphony of Leif, CsiMec Incorporated, page 127

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