ill luck

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See also: ill-luck

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ill luck (uncountable)

  1. Bad luck; misluck; misfortune.
    • 1961 September, “Background to the new winter timetables of the East Coast”, in Modern Railways, page 528:
      Then, as we have reported, bogie defects came to light on the first few production "Deltics" [...]; these have now been remedied, but inevitably deliveries, trial running and particularly crew training were retarded as a result, so that once again ill luck has dogged the East Coast Route timetable planners.

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