I probably need to be clear straight off that I am not presenting myself as any kind of hard-luck case.
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This is a woman who came out of the kind of hard-luck story that she handles so well, and built an enormous media empire.
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After a hard-luck few years, the pro-wrestling pioneer is re-entering the ring with a big adult-film release.
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Good Lord, the hard-luck stories I hear every day of my life.
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I found Scotty in the engine room of a speedy gasoline craft and pried his mouth open with a hard-luck story.
Fighting Byng|A. Stone
As Leonidas and me does the anti-famine act Homer unloads his hard-luck wheeze.
Shorty McCabe|Sewell Ford
But there's no need going into my hard-luck story; it's like a lot of our stories here.
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Yes—for I don't want to hear any hard-luck stories now, when I'm eating.
Lucky Pehr|August Strindberg
hard luck
SEE SYNONYMS FOR hard luck ON THESAURUS.COM
Misfortune, adversity, as in He's had a lot of hard luck in his day. This expression is also used in the phrase hard-luck story, a tale of one's misfortune that is related in order to get sympathy (or a donation). For example, We can't ignore her hard-luck story, even if you doubt that it's true. [Second half of 1500s] Also see tough break.
Words nearby hard luck
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