"Lucky Charms" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Trademark, launched in the 1960s, from lucky charm. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Lucky Charms}} Lucky Charms
  1. A breakfast cereal containing a combination of wheat-based pieces and marshmallows in various shapes. Wikipedia link: Lucky Charms Categories (topical): Breakfast cereals Translations (breakfast cereal): 幸運符谷物早餐麥片 (Chinese Mandarin), 幸运符谷物早餐麦片 (xìngyùnfú gǔwù zǎocān màipiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Lucky Charms (Finnish)
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          "ref": "2002, Daisy Hernández, Bushra Rehman, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, page 362:",
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          "ref": "2005, Nedra M. Shivers, Redeeming Daddy, page 1:",
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