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devil's own luck



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I always had the devil's own luck about things, you know.

From The Prisoner by Alice Brown

You've got the devil's own luck, Deacon, that's what you've got.

From Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson by William Ernest Henley

"Well, gentlemen, on that occasion of which I was speaking, the devil's own luck being with me, I sunk both the carrack and the galley, and headed the Star for the castle of Paria."

From Sir Mortimer by Mary Johnston

You’ve got the devil’s own luck, Deacon, that’s what you’ve got.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

From The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes




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