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happy-go-lucky

[ hap-ee-goh-luhk-ee ]

adjective

  1. trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.

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happy-go-lucky

adjective

  1. carefree or easy-going
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of happy-go-lucky1

First recorded in 1665–75
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She said Leah was a "happy-go-lucky person with a gorgeous, infectious smile".

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“Kids have all kinds of emotions. They can be happy-go-lucky, but oftentimes they get angry or frustrated. This season, we feature some of those things. We don’t shy away from it.”

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“Within like five to 10 days … a happy-go-lucky kid comes to L.A., and then a week later, no shoes. And he’s dead.”

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Even the happy-go-lucky Joel has demons of doubt and past trauma.

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And despite having had 17 children, 33 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren between them since that first drink 56 years ago, the togetherness of this evergreen and happy-go-lucky group hasn't either.

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