Both Uses of
coincidence
in
Hard Times
- 'I have had the honour, by a coincidence of which I am proud, to have made a remark, similar in effect, though not so epigrammatically expressed.'†
Chpt 2.9 *
- 'It's a coincidence,' exclaimed Mrs. Sparsit, as she was released by the coachman.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(coincidence) a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
(for example, if two students in the same class met by accident while visiting another country)