单词 | lady luck |
释义 | > as lemmasLady Luck Lady Luck n. [compare Middle French, French Dame Fortune (beginning of the 15th cent.), Spanish señora Fortuna (1619 or earlier)] rare before 20th cent. = fortune n. 1a (cf. Dame Fortune at dame n. 6a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune hapc1225 whatec1330 fortune1390 felicity1393 good luck1481 lucka1500 Lady Lucka1535 happiness1540 goodhap1557 faustity1656 serendipity1754 kokum1851 bonanza1878 a1535 T. More Dauy the Dycer in Wks. (1557) II. 1433 Long was I lady Lucke your seruing man. 1919 H. Wiley in F. van Wyck Mason Fighting American (1943) 707 Gimme dem dice!.. Lady Luck, I aims to run yo' ragged! 1921 Bryologist 24 87 Until I met with my good friend the horned toad, ‘Lady Luck’ was not with me. 1936 C. Sandburg People, Yes 165 Yes, get Lady Luck with you and you're made. 1997 C. Newland Scholar (1998) v. 55 But lady luck was smiling on the quartet as they carried out their plan. < as lemmas |
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