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Etymology
From Middle English lukky, equivalent to lhuck + -ie.
Pronunciation
Adjective
luckie
- lucky
1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 4-5:crave na dicke luckie acte t'uck neicher th' Eccellencie,- beg leave at this favourable opportunity to approach your Excellency,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114