Chance for headless chicken noise (4)

I believe the answer is:

luck

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'chance' is the definition.
(I know that chance can be written as luck)

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(Other definitions for luck that I've seen before include "'Fortune, fate (4)'" , "See 1" , "''The devil''s children has the devil's ....'" , "Chance, fate, fortune" , "Good or bad fortune" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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