tough luck

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tough luck definition

and tough cookies

interj.
That is too bad. : Tough luck, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. , Tough cookies, Tom! That's life.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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tough luck
noun
an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes [syn: misfortune] [ant: good fortune]

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Tough luck is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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