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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Devil's Luck

(The). Astounding good luck. Persons always lucky were thought at one time to have compounded with the Devil.

“You won't have to pay his annuity very long; you have the Devil's luck in bargains, always.” -

Dickens.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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