hard-luck story
noun [C] /ˌhɑːdˈlʌkˌstɔː.ri/
/ˌhɑːrdˈlʌkˌstɔːr.i/ informal disapprovingDefinition
› a story or piece of information that someone tells you or writes about themselves, intended to make you feel feel sympathy for them: She came out with some hard-luck story about never having been loved by her mother.Accounts and storiesSummaries and summarising
(Definition of hard-luck story noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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