lucky dip

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lucky dip

noun 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.

    Similar: lucky draw

  2. broadly, figuratively, idiomatic A selection solely at random.

    Similar: lucky draw

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noun game with prizes in container

Italianoriffa, pesca, pesca miracolosa, pesca a sorpresa, pesca di beneficenza, lotteria

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@misc{lucky_dip_2026,
  title = {lucky dip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lucky%20dip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}