| 单词 | luck in a bag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasluck in a bag luck in a bag n. Obsolete (a) good luck; an unlikely or unexpected piece of good luck; (b) a bag containing a miscellaneous assortment of small prizes, from which players of a game at a fair, fête, etc., pay a small sum to pull a prize at random; cf. lucky bag n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > piece of opportunity?a1425 honeyfall1642 luck in a bag1649 hit1666 godsend1810 stroke of luck1853 bonanza1878 lucky break1889 break1911 a bit of fat1923 snip1932 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > wheels, etc. Ragman rollc1450 luck in a bag1649 wheel1698 lottery wheel1739 1649 P. Lightfoot Battell with Waspes Nest 405 It was luck in a bag then, that he that is so direct in all his gospel from end to end, as never to change one story out of its proper time and place, should do it here to serve Mr. Heming's turn so pat. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen xvi. 294 He had bought for five pounds a parcel of Diamons worth above 20000 l...here was luck in a Bag, if they could but keep it. 1701 Walk to Smith-field xx. 273 The spectators were shuffled together like little boxes in a sharper's Luck-in-a-bag. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Sept. (1948) I. 354 You have luck indeed; and luck in a bag. What a Devil is that eight shilling tea-kettle copper, or tin japanned? It is like your Irish politeness, raffling for tea-kettles. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. iv. 75 Ye ken weel how to use that jilting quean, Dame Fortune... and that is what I ca' having luck in a bag. 1850 R. Hort Penelope Wedgebone i. 9 Mr. Wedgebone, having thrown his silk handkerchief over his head, filled his glass, and proposed, as the first toast—‘Luck in a bag, and shake it out when you want it.’ < as lemmas |
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