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HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does happy-go-lucky mean?
• HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (adjective)
The adjective HAPPY-GO-LUCKY has 1 sense:
1. cheerfully irresponsible
Familiarity information: HAPPY-GO-LUCKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cheerfully irresponsible
Synonyms:
carefree; devil-may-care; freewheeling; happy-go-lucky; harum-scarum; slaphappy
Context example:
had a harum-scarum youth
Similar:
irresponsible (showing lack of care for consequences)
Context examples
As the years went on, two little lads of her own came to increase her happiness—Rob, named for Grandpa, and Teddy, a happy-go-lucky baby, who seemed to have inherited his papa's sunshiny temper as well as his mother's lively spirit.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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