Definitions

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  • adjective In some way like or resembling spawn.
  • adjective slang lucky

Etymologies

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From spawn +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Some said you made your own luck, that fortune favours the brave, but he wasn't seduced by these retrospective sentiments of the negligent - but-spawny.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • If you thought Stoke's away form is bad, check out Hull - without a win away from home since a ridiculously spawny win at Fulham almost a year ago.

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • Losing 4-3 to a 93rd-minute penalty may sound like the unluckiest way to lose but there was nothing spawny about it.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Sid Lowe 2010

  • Fergie is the only one to achieve it regularly but as their current form suggests, he's not too proud (and neither are the fans) to accept a spawny 1-0 win or 10.

    Chelsea Blog 2009

  • Republic of Ireland 0-1 France World Cup 2010 Qualifying Highlights (Video) (1): Ze lucky frogs-spawny vampire repelling fickers!

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

  • Republic of Ireland 0-1 France World Cup 2010 Qualifying Highlights (Video) (1): Ze lucky frogs-spawny vampire repelling fickers!

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

  • * They have not won away from home since their spawny victory at Fulham in March.

    TEAMtalk Football News 2009

  • For confirmation I looked up "spawny get" in my dictionary and there was just a ...

    Skuds' Sister's Brother 2008

  • I also watched one spawny c*nt of an ex TA blade in 2007 climb the stairs to his room after a few drinks with a woman as well known to you and me as f*cking cornflakes ..

    Army Rumour Service 2010

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