spawn

spawn
 n.— «Attempts to place Liverpool’s success in some manner of historical context of luck—or “spawn,” to use the vernacular—have been laughable.…There’s two ways of rebutting the appearance of season-wide spawniness.» —“The Near Side—Am I Feeling Lucky?” by Deiseach Shankly Gates (U.K.) July 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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