HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
ADJECTIVES
1863 — BORIS-NORIS careless, reckless, rash; happy-go-lucky; going on blindly without any thought of risk or decency → Eng. dial.
1905 — BORUS-SNORUS happy-go-lucky, careless, reckless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — RAG-TIME haphazard; carelessly happy-go-lucky → colloq.
1942 — GIDDY-GO-LUCKY foolishly happy-go-lucky → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SLAP-HAPPY-GO-LUCKY foolishly happy-go-lucky → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1966 — HALUM-SCALUM easygoing, happy-go-lucky → Amer. dial.
1967 — EASY-GO-LUCKY easygoing, happy-go-lucky, not worrying → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1892 — CANE NIGGER a happy-go-lucky fellow, one devoid of care and anxiety → W. Indian sl. (Bk.), offensive?