strike me lucky

Meanings

interjection

obsoleteExclamation for good luck while making a bargain.
archaicExpressing astonishment or emphasis.
Well, strike me lucky, mates all, if the whole affair warn't a complete trap!
1902, George Cupples, The Green Hand, page 18
Synonyms: strike me blind, strike me pink, strike me silly, strike me up a gum tree

interjectionExpressing astonishment or emphasis.

Also see

Derived from the old custom of striking the hands together, leaving a luck penny in the seller's hand as an earnest that the bargain is concluded.

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