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fisherman's luck

fisherman's luck noun: failure to catch any fish.

Noun

fisherman's luck (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Failure to catch any fish.
    • The girls caught quite a long string of fine big trout, but I had fisherman's luck and had to eat fish that the girls caught that night.1940, George Walter Goodhart, The Pioneer Life of George W. Goodhart

Questions about fisherman's luck

What does fisherman's luck mean?
Fisherman's luck means failure to catch any fish.
What part of speech is fisherman's luck?
Fisherman's luck is a noun.

Words near fisherman's luck in the dictionary

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  4. fisherman's loop
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  8. fisherman's pies
  9. fisherman's ring
  10. fisherman's rings
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