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Definition of Fat chance
1. Noun. Little or no chance of success.
Definition of Fat chance
1. Noun. (idiomatic colloquial sarcastic) Little or no likelihood of occurrence or success. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fat Chance
Literary usage of Fat chance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"11 Lit Digest 52: 1145-6 Ap 22 '16 '16 Fatal kink in Algernon: story. PG Wodehouse.
Rre nina Diet Fat. Pee Corpulence fat chance; atory. J. Lalt. ..."
2. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"Yeah, fat chance it was chance. He still didn't know about the Andrea/Ivan dinner.
"Governor," Alyson added, "this will be good for California, ..."
3. The Tory Lover by Sarah Orne Jewett (1901)
"his fat chance o' surveyor up country, after the old judge died. He cut their
growth on his own account and done a sight o' tricks, and Madam dismissed him, ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To get away ; implying the idea of some obstacle or danger, in one's way, S.
fat chance he furder had she cud na tell, Bat was right fain, that she ira» ..."
5. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... friend's account was certainly not the way to go (I'd have to trust the friend
to forward me the new character's password without peeking; fat chance). ..."
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