devil's own luck

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But through it all the devil’s own luck which had been with us from the first held good.

From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.

It was truly the devil's own luck and no mistake.

From When Dreams Come True by Berger, William Merritt

"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

In fact, it'll need the devil's own luck.

From Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns by Webb, Archibald

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