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Meanings of rotten luck in English

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Usage of rotten luck in English
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I was copped in the Dock Road myself: rotten luck, wasn't it?
Fanny's First Play
2
Normal stuff, I guess...except for some very rotten luck in this instance.
Accident
3
Castle has had rotten luck so far, and that has confused the situation.
News.com.au
4
They also had some rotten luck given the way injuries sabotaged their planning.
The Guardian
5
Anyway, it was rotten luck that brought your car to the door tonight.
The Lone Wolf: A Melodrama
6
It was rotten luck that he'd been the one to figure me out.
One of our Thursdays is missing
7
I have had rotten luck at baccarat all this year.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
8
They fairly blew away Villa, who, in fairness, were also afflicted by rotten luck.
The Guardian
9
Apparently, his rotten luck wasn't through with him yet.
Lola Carlyle Reveals All
10
It was rotten luck, but it had to happen.
The Bars of Iron
11
And then-incrediblyrotten luck-itcame down, with an ear-shattering thwack, on the concrete highway again.
The Big Bounce
12
Then, as rotten luck would have it, she becomes the sole witness to a murder.
Reuters
13
So why was I having such rotten luck?
Three to get deadly and four to score
14
What rotten luck, man, I must be jinxed.
The informers
15
Perhaps six, if my rotten luck doesn't change.
The Tree of Heaven
16
Fittingly, it was decided by rotten luck.
The Guardian
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common