plucky
    adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
           difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
           to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
           gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
           Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant:
           gutless]
    2: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
       challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky]

Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. Pluckier; superl. Pluckiest.]
   Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying
   pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.
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         If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright.
                                                  --Barham.
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