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happy-go-lucky

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hap·py-go-luck·y (hp-g-lk)
adj.
Taking things easily; carefree.
happy-go-lucky
Adjective
carefree or easy-going
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Adj.1.happy-go-lucky - cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
devil-may-care, harum-scarum, slaphappy, freewheeling, carefree
irresponsible - showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"
happy-go-lucky
adjective carefree, casual, easy-going, irresponsible, unconcerned, untroubled, nonchalant, blithe, heedless, insouciant, devil-may-care, improvident, light-hearted << OPPOSITE serious
Translations
Spanish happy-go-lucky [ˈhæpɪgəuˈlʌkɪ] adj → despreocupado
French happy-go-lucky [ˈhæpɪgəuˈlʌkɪ] adj → insouciant(e)
German happy-go-lucky [ˈhæpɪgəuˈlʌkɪ] happy adj → unbekümmert
Italian happy-go-lucky [ˈhæpɪgəuˈlʌkɪ] adj → spensierato/a
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Steele led a happy-go-lucky life, nearly always cheerful and in debt.
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It was in this happy-go-lucky household that Rebecca had grown up.
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There was a happy-go-lucky jumble of trains and wagons, all held back by the slowest team; and this continued on some railways until as late as 1857.
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