pluckiest

• “A GMTV source described the 31-year-old as the "pluckiest" presenter on the programme.”

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• “He is the smallest, the pluckiest, and definitely the ugliest of the bunch, but he has enormous heart, as do you, my dear.”

  Simon & Schuster: Exit the Actress

• “The Broncos and the NFL's pluckiest phenomenon ran headlong into the august New England Patriots, and fell by the unflattering score of 41-23.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Tebow-Mania Ends...For Now

• “Nine year old Sooz, who sets out to find a hero to slay the griffin menacing her village, is the bestest, brightest, cutest, pluckiest little girl in the whole wide world.”

  The 2006 Nebula Award: The Novelette Shortlist

• ““She is the pluckiest girl I ever came across in my life,” said Lord Rufford.”

  The American Senator

• “D. F., with our own Metropolitan police, guardians of our homes, the pluckiest lads and the finest body of men, as physique, in the service of our sovereign.”

  Ulysses

• “Crew passes on without a stagger; East is hurled forward by the shock, and plunges on his shoulder, as if he would bury himself in the ground; but the ball rises straight into the air, and falls behind Crew's back, while the "bravoes" of the School-house attest the pluckiest charge of all that hard-fought day.”

  Tom Brown's Schooldays

• “She was the pluckiest girl I know," he wound up loyally.”

  The Vision of Desire

• “Here one of the pluckiest fights of the campaign took place.”

  With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train

• “What we wanted was somebody to echo our laughter, to climb trees with us, and return the ball well; and as the pluckiest, liveliest, and most active boys were best fitted to meet these requirements, it was upon them that our choice usually fell.”

  Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian

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