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lucky lines

nounsea

stringy seaweed strands on shore

Strands or cord-like masses of seaweed that form lines on the strand; long, stringy wrack washed up on the shore.

Example in use

Thar's a gey lot o lucky lines alang the strand the day.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/LUCK-ee-LYNZ/

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Origin & context

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