lucky dip

noun

1. a barrel or box filled with sawdust and small prizes for which children search

2. informal,  an undertaking of uncertain outcome

Example Sentences

Its lucky dips bags - where you didn't know what you were getting - and multibuy offers like its five items for £10 deal turned shopping there into a treasure hunt and catered to tweens' budgets.

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One of Pop Mart's biggest selling points for collectors is the way their toys are packaged in what's known as blind boxes, which make the experience of getting one like a lucky dip.

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The 45-year-old went to bed thinking he had won a lucky dip, but woke up the next morning to realise he had scooped a much bigger prize.

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She saw the two money spiders while at home and decided to buy a lucky dip.

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Ms Coles, who matched five numbers plus one Lucky Star number, said she had "a glass of water and a sit down" after checking her winning lucky dip numbers.

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