"lucky dip" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-lucky dip.ogg Forms: lucky dips [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lucky dip (plural lucky dips)
  1. (UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize. Tags: UK Synonyms: lucky draw Related terms: luck of the draw, goody bag, mixed bag, hodgepodge Translations (game with prizes in container): riffa [feminine] (Italian), pesca [feminine] (Italian), pesca miracolosa [feminine] (Italian), pesca a sorpresa [feminine] (Italian), pesca di beneficenza [feminine] (Italian), lotteria [feminine] (Italian), estrazione [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-lucky_dip-en-noun-bxC~m0OG Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'game with prizes in container': 98 2
  2. (by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random. Tags: broadly, figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms: lucky draw
    Sense id: en-lucky_dip-en-noun-eialgH29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 66

Inflected forms

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