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wish on a star en · VERB
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(form-of, uncommon) Uncommon form of wish upon a star
I'm wishin' on a star
To follow where you are
I'm wishin' on a dream
To follow what it means
1977, Rose Royce, “Wishing on a Star”, in In Full Bloom:When I was eight years old, my grandparents took me to see some cheesy movie about a girl who, because her father wishes on a star, is transformed from an ungrateful heiress into a humble maid.
2008, Matt Rothschild, Dumbfounded, A Memoir, page 221:"Magic," said the hopeless old maid of yesterday. "I wished on a star."
1929, Ruth Sapinsky, “Starlight, Starbright”, in Werner's Readings and Recitations, volume 22, page 221:
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