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Definition of Happy-go-lucky
1. Adjective. Cheerfully irresponsible. "Had a harum-scarum youth"
Similar to: Irresponsible
Derivative terms: Carefreeness, Harum-scarum
Definition of Happy-go-lucky
1. Adjective. carefree or untroubled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Happy-go-lucky
Literary usage of Happy-go-lucky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"and Duchess of Queensberry, to a pampered lapdog, fat and indolent; and that of
Steele, whose happy-go-lucky ups and downs and general lovableness ..."
2. Waiting in the Wilderness by Enos Abijah Mills (1921)
"CHAPTER IX THE happy-go-lucky BLACK BEAR ONE windy autumn day I sat in a mountain
forest watching pine cones bouncing and rolling across a steep, ..."
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