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good luck

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Noun1.good luck - an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
good fortune, luckiness
circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
successfulness, prosperity - the condition of prospering; having good fortune
boon, blessing - a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"
bad luck, ill luck, tough luck, misfortune - an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
2.good luck - a stroke of luck
fluke, good fortune
fortune, luck - an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
serendipity - good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
3.good luckgood luck - an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"
happy chance, break
chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"


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"By the two signs," answers Tobin, trying to explain, "which ye display according to the reading of the Egyptian palmist from the sole of me hand, ye've been nominated to offset with good luck the lines of trouble leading to the nigger man and the blonde lady with her feet crossed in the boat, besides the financial loss of a dollar sixty-five, all so far fulfilled according to Hoyle.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Both these had been old comrades of Dorothy, so you see the little girl was quite an important personage in Oz, and the people thought she had brought them good luck, and loved her next best to Ozma.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
As good luck would have it, no letter addressed to Miss Vanstone came that day.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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