happy-go-lucky

Example Sentences

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"Kyle was a happy go lucky child always up for a laugh, he got on with everyone. At the time of his death he was waiting to start an electrician's apprenticeship," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023

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

“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