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 Luck or Lucky Penny.Lucky Stone (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lucky.
 
To cut one’s lucky. To decamp or make off quickly: I must cut my stick. As luck means chance, the phrase may signify, “I must give up my chance and be off. (See CUT …)   1
 


 Luck or Lucky Penny.Lucky Stone (A). 

 
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