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The meaning and origin of the expression: As good luck would have it

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What's the meaning of the phrase 'As good luck would have it'?

If something is 'as good luck would have it' it has come about by some fortunate chance.

What's the origin of the phrase 'As good luck would have it'?

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'As good luck would have it'This expression is first found in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1600:

FALSTAFF:

You shall hear. As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page; gives intelligence of Ford's approach; and, in her invention and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.

The expression is now usually shortened to simply 'as luck would have it'.

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