Lucky Charms

Lucky Charms

See also: lucky charms

English

Etymology

Trademark, launched in the 1960s.

Proper noun

Lucky Charms

1. A breakfast cereal containing a combination of wheat-based pieces and marshmallows shaped like various objects which symbolize good luck in different cultures.
   • 2001, Paul Kafka-Gibbons, DuPont Circle: A Novel, page 12:

     He holds a bowl of Lucky Charms in his left hand and extends his right. "I don't usually eat these. Nita was having some." "I do," Louisa says.

   • 2002, Daisy Hernández; Bushra Rehman, Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, page 362:

     I'd eat two bowls of Lucky Charms and the next thing you know, I'd be sticking the spoon down my throat.

   • 2005, Nedra M. Shivers, Redeeming Daddy, page 1:

     I don't give a damn where yo' Lucky Charms-eating ass came from; just get yo' leprechaun ass up front to the visiting room now!

   • 2007, Rhonda Pollero, Knock Off, page 28:

     One of the greatest joys of living alone is the complete freedom to eat Lucky Charms by the handfuls straight out of the box.

Translations

breakfast cereal

Chinese: Mandarin: 幸運符谷物早餐麥片, 幸运符谷物早餐麦片 (xìngyùnfú gǔwù zǎocān màipiàn)

Finnish: Lucky Charms Spanish: please add this translation if you can