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Meanings of earthly chance in English

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Usage of earthly chance in English
1
In case of discovery, there was hardly an earthly chance for escape.
The Huge Hunter; Or, The Steam Man of the Prairies
2
Without beating about the bush I declared that he had no earthly chance.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
3
Besides there was no earthly chance of getting to know her.
A Damsel in Distress
4
What earthly chance had you in this guise, I should like to know?
The Man on the Box
5
And were it not, I would stand no earthly chance.
Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Siste...
6
If she sank out in mid-straits there was no earthly chance of reaching the shore.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
7
Here there was no earthly chance for escape.
Further Adventures of Lad
8
What earthly chance stood I against a lithe young brave, accustomed from his childhood to war?
Salute to Adventurers
9
It's October now, and what earthly chance, Dave, have you and I to get in shape?
Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second...
10
There was no earthly chance of escape.
The Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods
11
Says we'd better quit and go home, as we haven't any earthly chance to win this war.
The Sword of Antietam: A Story of the Nation's Crisis
12
Surely, Snow Bunting has no earthly chance?
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
13
Who leads you to fancy there is one earthly chance for you when you say you cannot withdraw?
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4
14
He saw that he had no earthly chance of escape at present, and he resigned himself for the moment.
The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
15
He is out there and he hasn't got an earthly chance of getting back until I give the word.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
16
What earthly chance had he?
A Splendid Hazard
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