devil's own luck

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Well, if that ain't the devil's own luck!

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

Randall held his sovereignty for just a year, but Horace had the devil's own luck.

From In Jeopardy by Sutphen, Van Tassel

Oh," answered Mellish, "it's a boy—a stranger—who is having the devil's own luck at the start.

From The Face and the Mask by Barr, Robert

Our friend has the devil's own luck to-night!

From The Chink in the Armour by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

"There!" he cried, "you bring bad fortune! whenever you come, I have the devil's own luck."

From The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 by Anonymous