successful stroke

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He had done a very successful stroke of business in Liverpool, and was returning to Laburnum Villa in the highest spirits.

From The School Queens by Meade, L. T.

To Count Louis of Nassau the credit of this bold and successful stroke was due.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

The agony of young Thurlow, pretending to look pleased, was depicted by a very successful stroke of Art.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 by Various

Haig's successful stroke was delivered on a front of nearly two miles south of the Ypres-Roulers railway.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various

This successful stroke had put him in the best of humours, and from time to time he laughed quietly to himself as if enjoying some rich joke.

From My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France by Hayens, Herbert