"Tough luck" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... exclaimed Brakeman Joe, using Conductor Tobin's favorite expression, when the boy had finished. "If that isn't tough luck, then I don't know what is. But I'll tell you what we'll do. I can't get you a place on the road, of course; but I believe you are just on time for a job, such as it is, that will put a few dollars in your pocket, and keep you for ...
— Cab and Caboose - The Story of a Railroad Boy • Kirk Munroe
... I call tough luck," he muttered to himself, and tried to force the somewhat loose gag from his mouth. But ...
— The Rover Boys on the Ocean • Arthur M. Winfield
... that 'as done me stretch fer stoushin' Johns, An' spen's me leisure gittin' on the shick, An' 'arf me nights down there, in Little Lon., Wiv Ginger Mick, Jist 'eadin' 'em, an' doing in me gilt. Tough luck! I s'pose it's ...
— The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke • C. J. Dennis
... soothed the doctor. "I appreciate the fact that it is pretty tough luck, Dobson, but you'll have to take your medicine. Falkner, if you'll lend a hand in getting me off I won't lose much time ...
— Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • James Oliver Curwood
... it isn't a word, I invent it. It's awfully tough luck for you, and if you want me to I'll own up to the crowd that I can't swing you, but if you are willing to stick, why, we'll fix up some kind of a way to cut down ...
— Turn About Eleanor • Ethel M. Kelley |
