lucky packet, noun phrase

A small, sealed package typically containing an assortment of sweets, trinkets, or other inexpensive items, popular among children for its element of surprise. Also used figuratively to refer to something of low value, or to a situation with an unpredictable outcome. Also attributive.
2010 writingstudio.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Every cast is like throwing one’s line into a lucky packet.
2011 fiveseasonsmusic.co.za (DSAE Corpus)When I was a child, the best gift ever was a lucky packet!
2014 unileverfoodsolutions.co.za (DSAE Corpus)I’m not a materialistic type of person so if he had given me a lucky packet ring I would’ve said yes too.
2014 propertyjunction.co.za (DSAE Corpus)It’s a little bit of a lucky packet in terms of which way the decisions will go, but we have to get on with it.
2016 timeslive.co.za (DSAE Corpus)You never knew what you were going to find, it was like a lucky packet.
A small, sealed package typically containing an assortment of sweets, trinkets, or other inexpensive items, popular among children for its element of surprise. Also used figuratively to refer to something of low value, or to a situation with an unpredictable outcome. Also attributive.
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