devil's own luck
Example Sentences
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He had said that himself in a moment of hope not long before: that he had the devil's own luck.
From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice
Ain’t it the devil’s own luck I should be chained down here like this!”
From The Wall Between by Bassett, Sara Ware
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
"Vous avez the devil's own luck"; exclaimed he, repeating the blow, when, to avoid the cloud, he turned short round, and encountered the Yorkshireman.
From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Surtees, Robert Smith
I always had the devil's own luck about things, you know.
From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice
