What does as luck would have it mean?

as luck would have it

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

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"I didn't plan to stop there, but as (ill/good) luck would have it, they were open when I went by."
"I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one, — only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either."

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