devil's own luck

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"I have had the devil's own luck," he muttered.

From The Mischief Maker by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

"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 Johnston, Mary

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

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

In disgust he swore it was the devil's own luck, that he should run out of vestas at a time so critical.

From The Black Bag by Vance, Louis Joseph

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 Henley, William Ernest