happy-go-lucky
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of happy-go-lucky
First recorded in 1665–75
Vocabulary lists containing happy-go-lucky
Example Sentences
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My high school yearbook described me as "happy go lucky," a pretty accurate assessment; my father kept a smile on his face to the end, a trait she admired.
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2021
He said, his mother, once a happy go lucky woman, "went to pieces" and was never the same after losing her son.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2021
“I’m not happy go lucky about this, just to be happy go lucky,” Taillon said Saturday during the Pirates’ annual fan festival at PNC Park.
From Washington Times • Jan. 25, 2020
From the trailer, this looks like a big, huge, classic musical — it’s quirky, happy go lucky, and Jackman looks kind of manic.
From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2017
Lord love ye; what! run on to a land ye don't know, happy go lucky, in the dark, like that?
From Foul Play by Reade, Charles
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