Definition of Good luck charm

1. Noun. Something believed to bring good luck.

Exact synonyms: Charm
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Amulet, Talisman, Fetich, Fetish, Hoodoo, Juju, Voodoo
Derivative terms: Charm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good Luck Charm

good guys
good health
good heavens
good hiding
good house
good humor
good humour
good humouredness
good job
good jobs
good length
good lick
good looking
good looks
good luck
good luck charm (current term)
good manners
good morning
good mornings
good morrow
good nature
good naturedness
good news
good night
good now
good offices
good ol'
good ol' boy
good ol' boys
good old

Literary usage of Good luck charm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1900)
"ing a piece was to secure a good-luck charm. If the marriage be celebrated in the house, it will the more certainly ensure the young pair good fortune if, ..."

2. The Marrow of Tradition by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1901)
"It was a good-luck charm which Mammy Jane had placed there to ward off the threatened evil from the grandchild of her dear old mistress. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The predominating good luck charm aiming the girls was a pin ; among the boys, a horseshoe. The number of superstitions among the members of both sexes at ..."

4. In the Land of Mosques & Minarets by Francis Miltoun, Milburg Francisco Mansfield (1908)
"The main de Fatmah is the " good-luck " charm of the Arab, and, as a souvenir to be carried away by the stranger, in the form of a bangle or watch- charm, ..."

5. Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness by Gaelic Society of Inverness (1900)
"ing a piece was to secure a good-luck charm. If the marriage be celebrated in the house, it will the more certainly ensure the young pair good fortune if, ..."

6. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Cross your fingers and pack your good luck charm. This is the road to the end of the world. Mile numbers are now given to match the mile markers on the ..."

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