See down on one's luck on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1915, Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 28, in The Rover Boys in Business:",
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"ref": "1954 April 19, “The New Pictures”, in Time:",
"text": "Willie \"tries to resist\"—being, as the synopsis explains, \"an attractive and intelligent girl who is simply down on her luck in the ruins of postwar Germany.\"",
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"ref": "2008 July 1, Mel Antonen, “Rays, A's using same formula for success”, in USA Today, retrieved 2008-11-03:",
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