Dictionary Entry
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
In a Sentence
“Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “luck”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And reach your friends your hand,
And go, and luck go with you
While Ludlow tower shall stand.
Read full poem →And a love to keep you clean,
And I wish you luck, come Lammastide,
At racing on the green.
Read full poem →Two poor fellows hang for theft:
All the same's the luck we prove,
Though the midmost hangs for love."
Read full poem →And reach your friends your hand,
And go, and luck go with you
While Ludlow tower shall stand.
Read full poem →And a love to keep you clean,
And I wish you luck, come Lammastide,
At racing on the green."
Read full poem →Strapped, noosed, nighing his hour,
He stood and counted them and cursed his luck;
And then the clock collected in the tower
Read full poem →To Teme nor Corve nor Severn shore,
Luck, my lads, be with you still
By falling stream and standing hill,
Read full poem →they will both be here for your delight. The soul inside was a lump of dirt,
I have rid you of that with a spurt of my sword point. Good luck
to your pleasure. She will be quite complaisant, my friend, I wager."