devil's luck
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Astounding good luck. Persons always lucky were thought at one time to have compounded with the devil.
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
May mắn tuyệt vời, được cho là có được từ việc giao dịch với quỷ
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
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Common questions
What does “devil's luck” mean?
Astounding good luck. Persons always lucky were thought at one time to have compounded with the devil.
Is “devil's luck” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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