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I Prize Cryptic Crossword 1176 Saturday November 15Th 2014
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22 Dn: Ecstatic solver in luck, mainly. (_O_O_S)
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Ooops,I meant of course Jos(s) - luck mainly.
joss
joss 1. An image or statue representing a Chinese deity. 2. A Chinese god worshiped in the form of an idol. 3. Etymology: a Chinese figure of a deity, 1711, from Chinese Pidgin English; from Javanese dejos, from Portuguese deus, 'god'; from Latin deus. Colloquially, it came to mean 'luck'; then, a Joss stick and 'Chinese incense' was first record
joss
joss 1. An image or statue representing a Chinese deity. 2. A Chinese god worshiped in the form of an idol. 3. Etymology: a Chinese figure of a deity, 1711, from Chinese Pidgin English; from Javanese dejos, from Portuguese deus, 'god'; from Latin deus. Colloquially, it came to mean 'luck'; then, a Joss stick and 'Chinese incense' was first record
My resource was here,but agree it is not in common use,though we call someone a 'Lucky joss' here have heard others say 'Lucky Josh'-still think it works for the clue.
http:// www.enc yclo.co .uk/def ine/jos s
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