lucky dip
(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
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Advert Lucky Dip: From Australia, May 1961: Instant Coffee ad from Bushells (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) (+Coffee Beans) «Thousands of coffee FLAVOR-BUDS in every spoonful!»
Advert Lucky Dip: May 1931: Round the World Travel ad from Canadian Pacific (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) (+Trans-Pacific Booklet No. 2 and Travellers' Cheques) «Travel Round the World via Canada»
Advert Lucky Dip: May 1946: Mars; Johnson & Sons Manufacturing Chemists Ltd., and Signalling Equipment Ltd ads (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) «Progress»
Advert Lucky Dip: From Italy, May 1971: Mineral Water ad from Fiuggi (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) «Fiuggi keeps you young» [ENGinALT]
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(UK) A game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.
“Advert Lucky Dip: From Australia, May 1961: Instant Coffee ad from Bushells (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) (+Coffee Beans) «Thousands of coffee FLAVOR-BUDS in every spoonful!»”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Advert Lucky Dip: May 1931: Round the World Travel ad from Canadian Pacific (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) (+Trans-Pacific Booklet No. 2 and Travellers' Cheques) «Travel Round the World via Canada»”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Advert Lucky Dip: May 1946: Mars; Johnson & Sons Manufacturing Chemists Ltd., and Signalling Equipment Ltd ads (more at @OldUKPrintAds.bsky.social) «Progress»”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Advert Lucky Dip: From Italy, May 1971: Mineral Water ad from Fiuggi (more at @OldInPrintAds.bsky.social) «Fiuggi keeps you young» [ENGinALT]”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random.
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