lucky dip

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Noun

lucky dip (plural lucky dips)

(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.
(by extension, idiomatic, figuratively) A selection solely at random.
- 2005 September, “Dome sale 'was like a lucky dip'”, in BBC News‎:

Synonyms

lucky draw

Translations

game with prizes in container

Italian: riffa (it) f, pesca (it) f, pesca miracolosa f, pesca a sorpresa f, pesca di beneficenza (it) f, lotteria (it) f, estrazione (it) f

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