strike me lucky
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the old custom of striking the hands together, leaving a luck penny in the seller's hand as an earnest that the bargain is concluded.
Interjection[edit]
- (obsolete) Exclamation for good luck while making a bargain.
- (archaic) Expressing astonishment or emphasis.
- 1902, George Cupples, The Green Hand, page 18:
- Well, strike me lucky, mates all, if the whole affair warn't a complete trap!
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References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary