1. [n]  parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
2. [n]  either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
3. [n]  flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
4. [n]  a barb on a harpoon or arrow
5. [n]  a stroke of luck

Fluke
So begins the tale of one of the most tragic figures in modern American history, as seen through the rather astigmatic vision of his mistress. In America, anybody can become president. In 1920, anybody did. Harding was a strikingly handsome man, a high school graduate of impenetrable ignorance whose only two qualifications for the presidency were that he looked and sounded presidential - provided you didn`t look or listen too closely. Ohio`s favorite son at the nominating convention, he recognized his deficiencies, did not want such high office, and never expected to be nominated, no less elected. But his destiny was to become the first packaged candidate, elected largely on the strength of a carefully crafted image. Thus began 12 years of Republican rule that fostered unbridled capitalism and willful isolation, leading to the Great Depression and the rise of European dictatorships, which set the stage for World War II. Greatly complicating things was the relationship between Harding and Nan, who shared a deeper intimacy and hotter sex than anything enjoyed by more contemporary White House occupants. But woven around and through their furtive couplings is the tapestry of corruption and scandal generated by a half-dozen uniquely odious presidential cronies. But this tale is not unremittingly bleak. After having been content all of his life to just slide by, Harding reinvented himself in his last year, proving that nobility can triumph over selfishness, that listening to your heart may be more reliable than listening to your head, and that love which is pure can transcend death itself.

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1. \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. AS. fl[=o]c a kind of flatfish,
   Icel. fl[=o]ki a kind of halibut.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) The European flounder. See {Flounder}. [Written
      also {fleuk}, {flook}, and {flowk}].
   2. (Zo["o]l.) A parasitic trematode worm of several species,
      having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two
      species ({Fasciola hepatica} and {Distoma lanceolatum})
      are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease
      called rot.
   

2. \Fluke\ (fl[=u]k), n. [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the
   palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.]
   1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a
      flook. See {Anchor}.
   2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called
      from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.
   3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for
      blasting.
   4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a
      scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or
      unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.]
      --A. Trollope.
   

3. \Fluke\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Fluked}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fluking}.]
   To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.
   [Slang]