luck dragon

English

Alternative forms

• luckdragon

Etymology

A calque of the German term Glücksdrache, coined in The Neverending Story (1983) (translated by Ralph Manheim from the original Die Unendliche Geschichte (1979) by Michael Ende).

Noun

luck dragon (plural luck dragons)

1. A fictitious flying dragon with a giant, elongated, wingless body and commonly a canine head, unfailing in its serendipity.
   • 2006 July 7, Douglas Sarine (guest), “'Pirates' Any Good? Ask a Ninja, If You Dare”, All Things Considered, National Public Radio

     Like literally, the last line of the movie is a new plotline. It's a never-ending story, but with no luckdragon.

   • 2008, Kyann Zorain, The Stones of the Hidden Power: The Fight for Freedom, page 90:

     “I am Princess Tessiyon Windmere and captain of my ship I am to go back to. And yourself?” said she. / “I am Zandor, I am a luck dragon,” he replied. / “You sure are indeed. It was my luck that saved me, you came.”

   • 2009 March 1, Sam Bowring, The Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures, Macmillan, preface:

     His first magical creature was a bonsai tiger called Jack (of the tabby variety), followed by a small luck dragon named Daisy. Sometimes people mistook Daisy for a spaniel, but you could tell she was a luck dragon because she had big floppy ears.

   • 2010 March 15, Paul Y. Csige, The Symphony of Leif, CsiMec Incorporated, page 127:

     I liked that there was no bright light but the perpetual clouds and drizzle were depressing. It was like The Nothing was coming. Too bad I couldn’t ride a luck dragon out of this place.