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fluke
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fluke
(noun)
fluke
/
ˈ
fluːk/
noun
plural
flukes
fluke
/
ˈ
fluːk/
noun
plural
flukes
Britannica Dictionary definition of FLUKE
[
count
]
informal
:
something that happens because of luck
:
an unexpected or unusual thing that happens by accident
Her second championship shows that the first one was no mere
fluke
.
By some strange
fluke
we ended up working for the same company.
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